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Special Edition Damascus Mini Chuka
£654.00
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Gorgeous little Chuka bocho mini cleaver.
This one has a bit more meat down low than my very hollow forged Nakiri and cleaver, and a wider more progressive bevel. I have tuned it up for that amazing controlled feeling of the food parting, with out wedge in harder food. So it has a fantastic buttery controlled cut, complimented by the incredible core steel and the Damascus looks awsome with a wider more blended bevel.
This Damascus is quite involved, it contains steel/iron, wrought, and pure nickel. The steel and iron elements were first folded until the carbon is equalised, (the cladding has some hardness) then folded with the nickel elements. The result is a polishers dream, very easy contrast, a multitude of shades and patterns with in patterns as you polish further.
The handle I have kept simple with a narrow shortish tall Wa, embellished with my copper forged bolster , copper rivet and a copper feature endcap.
Thanks all, here are the specifications.
Blade dimensions
148 x 70mm
Geometry 3.3 to 0.9mm spine 1.7 to 1.2 at apex of bevel, fully convex
This one forged a touch lighter, but retains its feeling of stiffness and meat where you pinch the knife. Feels great and has that lovely buttery cut, feeling of parting but not wedging in harder foods, combined with awesome food release.
I’ve combined the slightly lighter knife with a natural walnut slim handle. Walnut is tough, but also light, lending the knife a more blade forward balance.
Being natural walnut it takes a little time to fully darken, feed it small amounts of oil regularly and it will get nicer and nicer. I took some time in this one as a nice seal and hand finish goes a long way with Walnut. I love the look with my copper bolster design.
Here are the knife specifications for you.
Blade length 218mm
Height 50.5mm
Geometry 4.5 to 1mm
Weight 199g
Handle is walnut and copper, natural wood hand finished.
Materials are pure iron and c105 core, polished forge finish.
Gorgeous Nakiri, with amazing forging, combining some of my techniques in convex forging in thinning into the spine, so the tip has an inverse taper, keeping a touch more meat down low. This thing feels stiff and chunky, but that wider low bevel is ground very thin and convex. The cut is very low friction, no hesitation in harder foods, yet retains control and feel. The food release is awesome.
I have presented this one in a more standard trim with a machine finished walnut and micata handle and a simple kasumi finish straight off the stone. It’s come out very nicely though and the performance and feel is top notch.
Here are the specifications for you.
Blade length 162mm
Height 68mm
Taper 4.5 to 0.8
Weight 206g
Balance 15mm ahead of heel
Handle is natural walnut and micarta
Blade is pure iron with c105 core, forged n polished.