Whan is a blade too thin

[Ploppy Blobby]

Adding some asymmetry, moving the edge to the left if you happen to be a right-hander, perhaps?

Funny you should say that, was just putting distal taper on the next toy (210mm gyuto) and had decided to try that. Probobly get confused and make a lefty. Much research on the horizon

 

[Benuser]

Funny you should say that, was just putting distal taper on the next toy (210mm gyuto) and had decided to try that. Probobly get confused and make a lefty. Much research on the horizon

We all went through the same...
https://www.kitchenknifeforums.com/threads/a-basic-explanation-of-asymmetry.33951/

 

[Ploppy Blobby]

We all went through the same...
https://www.kitchenknifeforums.com/threads/a-basic-explanation-of-asymmetry.33951/

that's exactly what I was just reading

 

[mlau]

I'd love to see your mate's face if you made this a single bevel for a leftie.

Being an accidental ambi, sometimes I forget to be a righty.
It's a weird feeling to use your left hand for doorknobs, etc.

 

[Kippington]

Hi, am looking for a bit of sense checking, think I may have ground the distal taper too much. Carbon steel( HRC~61, 105WCr6 /1.2419) 2.2mm at the heel 1.65 halfway and 0.9 just before the tip.
Thing is I can flex the blade easily, see pic, and am worried this has wreaked the blade too much.
Any advice would be appreciated
Thanks, Phil
Oh, it's a santoku 50mm blade height View attachment 75622

You gotta remind anyone that sharpens this knife that the tip is flexible - It behaves differently from what many people are used to on the stones. I've seen enough messed up knives with thin tips because people don't adjust their sharpening to the flex... The profile goes from black to red.