Nakiri: A double bevel knife designed specifically for taking care of vegetable prep. Nakiri’s are quite recognizable by their flat profile and squared off nose, which aid in the push/pull chopping style. Generally these knives are ground quite thin for refined chopping.
Knife Specs:
Knife specs are taken from a randomly selected knife. These specs may vary from knife to knife due to the handmade nature of our products.
- Steel: SG2 Powder Stainless Steel
- HRC: 63-64
- Edge Length: 170mm
- Height at heel: 51.6mm
- Distal Taper Heel: 2.47mm
- Distal Taper Mid: 2.3mm
- Distal Taper Tip: 0.3mm
- Weight: 242g
- Handle: Western Turquoise Handle
- Shape: Kiritsuke Nakiri
- Finish: Tsuchime/Kasumi/Migaki
- Cladding: Stainless Clad
- Construction: San Mai
- Edge bevel: 50/50
- Knife Line: Tsuchime Migaki SG2
- Blacksmith: Gō Yoshizawa
- Maker: Nigara Hamono
- Sharpener: Nigara Hamono
- Place of Origin: Hirosaki, Japan