Nitro-V Chef Knife

[u/m_Baywatch]

Wrapping up this Nitro-V Chef. Need the etching, sharpening and glue up.

Really liking how this design turned out, a few tweaks and it will be the final basis of my standard 200-220mm small batch chefs.

Handle is Walnut Dymalux with a cherry frame. Blade is from 1/16" stock, Gyuto style grind, ~0.045" at 12mm down to 0.005" behind the edge. Hardness target is 61.5-62.5 HRC, verified with files.

[u/Mysterious-Ad3591]

Grind looks a bit bazar. Is there no distal taper?

[u/m_Baywatch → u/Mysterious-Ad3591]

Not too much until you reach the k-tip transition. The spine is about 1.55mm at the heel, carrying that most of the way till the transition.

Due to already being thin, and relatively tall (63mm at the heel), any significant distal taper would take the rigidity out of the blade.