8” Gyoto - Shuminagashi
This 8” Gyoto checks al my boxes for a dream blade. Enough sneak peeks. Here’s the whole thing.
Specs:
13 1/2” overall length
8” blade in ladder pattern vg10 core Shuminagashi at ~61hrc
1 7/8” wide and 2.5mm at the heel with a distal taper to a fine tip. Flat grind and Workhorse geometry
5 1/2” wa handle with rounded belly octagon profile in rare blue case ancient mammoth tusk and as-rare stabilized live edge Chechen Burl and super rare vintage westy black line linen micarta spacer. It also has a matching mammoth butt pin!
The matching Chechen saya features mosaic and brass pins and a mammoth inlaid retention pin
This 8” Gyoto checks al my boxes for a dream blade. Enough sneak peeks. Here’s the whole thing.
Specs:
13 1/2” overall length
8” blade in ladder pattern vg10 core Shuminagashi at ~61hrc
1 7/8” wide and 2.5mm at the heel with a distal taper to a fine tip. Flat grind and Workhorse geometry
5 1/2” wa handle with rounded belly octagon profile in rare blue case ancient mammoth tusk and as-rare stabilized live edge Chechen Burl and super rare vintage westy black line linen micarta spacer. It also has a matching mammoth butt pin!
The matching Chechen saya features mosaic and brass pins and a mammoth inlaid retention pin
This 8” Gyoto checks al my boxes for a dream blade. Enough sneak peeks. Here’s the whole thing.
Specs:
13 1/2” overall length
8” blade in ladder pattern vg10 core Shuminagashi at ~61hrc
1 7/8” wide and 2.5mm at the heel with a distal taper to a fine tip. Flat grind and Workhorse geometry
5 1/2” wa handle with rounded belly octagon profile in rare blue case ancient mammoth tusk and as-rare stabilized live edge Chechen Burl and super rare vintage westy black line linen micarta spacer. It also has a matching mammoth butt pin!
The matching Chechen saya features mosaic and brass pins and a mammoth inlaid retention pin
