Well....i am fortunate to live in Seattle where there are a number of great knife makers. I have taken several work shops at Dave lischs studio. Like most here I started because I was interested in how the amazing knives shown here were made. Several years ago I spent a week in Michigan with Randy and Jr. Anyway...... I took a w2 class several years ago and made a cool little gyuto-I posted it on here back then.. I find myself reaching for that knive most times, despite having many others. Probably cause I made it, not that it's anything great, but I also like the size its smallish 180 cm or so but still has height and a long flat section. Anyway I wanted to make a similar one but with more heft, the other is very thin throughout.
So so I got some w2 from Aldo about a year ago, but life got in the way and just getting back to this. I cut out the profile on my portable bandsaw from harbor freight, rough ground it on my grinder-. Then I cleaned it, applied rut lands furnace cement, heated at 1475 for 10minutes, quenched in parks 50, tempered at 400 for 2 hrs and so it sits. Fwiw I'm just doing this for fun. Thanks for your interest. More to come.....