Sakai White Steel WA Gyuto 240 Ultra Thin

[Keith]

Saw this on E- Bay Blueway Japan.Anyone used this knife?At 209.99 it looks to me to be one of the thinnest 240's out there.

240 Octagon Handle Wa-Gyuto

1.6 at heel

120gr.(4.2 0z)

61-62 Hrc.

[thombrogan]

I know Seb has some of their knives and suspect he has one like you've mentioned.

[Soen]

Yeah I saw them too, he is also doing the same knife in blue2.

[thombrogan]

Unclad blue 2? Tungsten-alloyed steels are very lovely. Moritaka's my current hookup for clad blue 2.

[Keith]

I agree Tom I like blue & white carbons for diff. reasons though the Tungsten in blue gives edge retention advantage.

[duckfat33]

Saw this on E- Bay Blueway Japan.Anyone used this knife?At 209.99 it looks to me to be one of the thinnest 240's out there.

240 Octagon Handle Wa-Gyuto

1.6 at heel

120gr.(4.2 0z)

61-62 Hrc.

I have this knife. Very nice fit and finish. Very good geometry - very akin to my Konosuke HD. Easy to sharpen and deburr. A little reactive, but I was throwing a lot of onion at it. All up my favourite knife. A laser in every sense.

[Keith]

Thank's Duckfat,I've been using carbons so long it's like a Linus blanket total comfort zone.

[Soen]

Thom they are with western handles or as Yanagiba. Perhaps an email would be in order if you want blue with Wa.

[thombrogan]

Along with the yo handle, I see that the Sakai Takayuki is a gargantuan 2.2mm at the heel. And listed as Sakai Takayuki versus just "Sakai." As far as yo handles go, it looks excellent. Everything about it is stupendous, but I want more (and less ).

[thombrogan]

With my trusty Cabela's calipers and an eyeball estimate of 25mm, I measured my custom blue 2 Moritaka, old style Kono HD, and quasi-refurbished Sakai Takayuki Grand Cheff wa-gyuto. All of them were close to 1.6mm measured 25mm above the edge near the heel (all three have a good distal taper, though) and the Kono HD was 2.2mm and the GC was 2.4mm wide at the spine above the heel.

Will have to fix that...