Lucretia's 170mm W2 Honyaki Ko-Gyuto

Hello everyone! As always, this one was a lot of fun. This was a stock knife that was ordered by a very well known member of our forum. @Lucretia is known to own one of just about every well known custom maker's knives on the planet...and I was honored when she turned her eyes to my work, to say the least .

This knife was actually quite a challenge in many ways. It's very short in length (measured 168mm), but has a full 48mm heel. It is very much a full size, full on lazer gyuto, just...short lol. It packs a tremendous amount of performance in its small frame...much like it's new owner! To maintain even a little forward weight, I carried the spine height much further than I normally do, along with shortening the handle a full 10-15mm compared to a normal sized ko-gyuto. In Lucretia's small hands this should make for a wonderful fit. The end result has a genuine neutral balance (it's stupidly nimble in hand), and is the epitome of my take on a laser. Meaning ultra thin cutting performance, with great food release and noticeable stiffness for such a thin blade.

Hopefully Lucretia likes it as much as I do .

Steel: AISI W2 tool steel from Aldo at NewJerseySteelBaron.com
Handle: Stabilized cottonwood burl from Craig Stevens

And now, pictures!

 

I'm not sure what to say anymore. It's so lovely!!

 

Thanks Jason!!

Somehow, I missed the video in the previous post, lol:

 

I'm really excited about this one. After Son and Chuck the Butcher (man, I miss him) made favorable comments about his work, Cris moved right up on my list. This will be my first "laser", so it should be interesting. And it's a looker!

The only problem is that Mr. Lucretia is making eyes at it now...

 

Cris your really nailing it with this handle style. It complements your blade style perfectly and looks cool to! Congrats Lucritia!

Randy

 

Short knives FTW!

Really like the profile on this one

 

I'm excited for you to get it! I miss Chuck as well. Did anyone ever find out what is happening with his knives? If I have the opportunity I'd like to buy back the suji I made for him.

As for Mr. Lucretia...tell him you've got connections with the guy that makes them .

Thanks Randy! Coming from you my friend, that's a huge compliment!

Thanks brother . I'm thinking about working a bit more blade height towards the tip on longer knives as well...or at least making it an option. I need to work out a good compromise though, as tip utility isn't something I'm willing to sacrifice for forward balance.

 

Amazing looking ! Lucratia has some taste in knives.

 

Out of the park stupid good. Jose Canseco home run awesome. Ken Griffey Jr. catch incredible. Ok, I'll stop now. Looks cool....

 

Thanks you two .

Tom...we still need to get together some time and finish the conversation we started awhile back lol .

 

They built some display cases at the Green Pig Bistro (his brother's restaurant as I recall) and have the knives on display as a memorial.

There are some photos on the facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/GreenPigBistro/

 

I really like this one. Stunning! Congrats to Lucretia, and good pick on that wood.

 

Thanks Robin!! I appreciate it!!