This is a slender Gyuto, with a gently curved spine and a handle that is angled down a little. I like to do that with some blade profiles to help keep the hand and forearm more in line and parallel to the cutting surface. The grind is thin convex, with a fine point, and a satin hand-sanded finish. The handle is stabilized spalted tamarind, with a slightly beveled nickel-silver ferrule. A little more about the steel, RWL34:

“Damasteel^® was the first in the world to produce a powder metallurgy version of the ATS34 named RWL34™ after Bob Loveless. Today the RWL34™ is made in the world’s most modern powder metallurgy manufacturing facility ensuring an incomparable cleanliness.

RWL34™ is particular successful product with very high strength and toughness combined with extreme edge sharpness that is easy to maintain.”

• Overall length: 338mm

• Blade size: 230mm x 48.5mm

• Blade material: Damasteel RWL34 stainless steel, 62HRC

• Spine thickness at handle: 3.18mm, at middle: 2.6mm, at 10mm from tip: 0.7mm

• Handle length: 129.5mm

• Handle thickness at ferrule: 25.5mm x 20mm, at butt: 27.5mm x 21.5mm

• Handle material: stabilized spalted tamarind, nickel silver

• Weight: 212g

No saya is included, but one can be made for this upon request.