Gyuto 230mm 26C3 Honyaki Full Tang Limited Release by Fredrik Spåre

Using the Masamoto KS as a reference on this one, Fredrik and I wanted to deliver an absolute laser with a lower profile than our previous collaborations. A light weight, nimble blade perfect for fine detail work. However, it wouldn’t be right to simply copy the KS straight up, we wanted to deliver a knife that was unique, yet similar in the ways that people love.

The profile on this blade is straight up KS, but that is where the similarities end. We have given this knife an aggressive distal taper from 2mm down to less than 1mm towards the needle like tip. The grind is also a 50/50 convex unlike the KS, which typically has a 70/30 asymmetrical grind. As this blade is forged in Sweden, we also had to change up the steel, so on this blade you get 26c3 “Spicey White” instead of the classic Shirogami steel used on the KS. It’s a very similar steel, in fact almost identical yet perhaps a little more ware resistant and most importantly made is Sweden.

Perhaps the biggest difference between the two knives is that this is a full tang western handle knife. The handle features our new MCX profile, which maintains elements of the Rokkaku Hanmaru shape that we have used on previous batches with a more belled underside. This is the direction we will be going in with the MCX range going forward.

Oh, and it’s a Honyaki, the Masamoto KS is not a Honyaki ;)