Thick and thin in all the right places. The hand-forged distal taper and hollow flats allow this blade to have a robust spine at the handle yet be thin at the start of the bevels, well-balanced (right at the pinch grip point), and thin at the tip. As is the case with all my knives, the bevels are ready to go straight to the stones for thinning and polishing. No low spots, no coarse scratches lurking to plague you with hours of frustrating work.

The core steel is Hitachi blue #2, which has superior edge-holding properties and an aggressive-yet-refined bite.

Blade materials: Suminagashi-clad Hitachi blue #2 (aogami)

Handle materials: Domestic curly black walnut with Madagascar ebony spacer

Tip to heel length: 210mm

Tip to handle junction length: 225

Blade height at heel: 50mm

Spine thickness at handle: 4.8mm

Spine thickness at heel: 4mm

Spine thickness mid-blade: 2.8mm

Spine thickness 1cm from tip: 0.9

Overall length: 359mm

Weight: 168g