This is mid-size and weight gyuto with a somewhat pointed profile. The handle is dropped down slightly to accommodate the more triangular shape. It has a compound S-grind. I used a smaller diameter wheel that normal to grind the concave portion so the transition between the hollow and flat sections is a little sharper. The steel is Damasteel’s RWL34, “…named after the world famous knife maker Robert W Loveless. It is a martensitic, stainless, hardenable and non patterned steel. Like the Damascus patterned steels it is a rapidly solidified powder steel for highest edge strength. RWL34™ is one of the two steel grades used in DS93X™ martensitic knife steel. A particular successful product with very high strength and toughness combined with extreme edge sharpness that is easy to maintain.”

Steel: RWL-3, 62HRC

Handle material: Stabilized maple burl, nickel-silver, African blackwood

Overal length: 393mm

Blade length: 228mm

Blade height (widest): 50mm

Handle length: 141mm

Handle thickness at ferrule: 24.75mm x 20mm

Handle at thickest point: 27.25mm x 23.5

Spine thickness at ferrule: 3.2mm

Spine thickness at halfway: 2.5mm

Spine thickness 10mm from tip: 1mm

Weight: 174g

This knife does not include a saya.