Nakiri knife from Yosimitsu Kajiya.
Nakiri is a vegetable knife and most commonly used household knives in Japan back in old days before European style chef knives were introduced.
The straight edge line is perfect for dicing, slicing and shredding vegetables and thinly tapered blade cuts the ingredients without tearing them.
This shape of blade suits a cutting motions of push back and forth diagonally, the way Japanese chefs cut vegetables traditionally and western style rocking motion doesn't work as the vertical corners of tip and heel bumps chopping board.
The core White 2 steel ( Shiro #2 ) is a Japanese high carbon steel with a great sharpness, clad with soft iron to gain shock resistance and the octagonal Walnut handle sits very comfortably in your hand.
Yosimitu Kajiya is a local blacksmith from Nagasaki Japan and the blade smith Ide san forges amazing kitchen knives using traditional methods.
Each knife is hand-sharpened at here prior to dispatch for superior sharpness out of box and free shipping Aus-wide.
These knives are not designed to cut frozen food, bones or extremely hard / fibrous ingredients like pumpkins, hard cheese rind, Lemongrass or Galangal.
These are handcrafted knives and the size, colour or look may differ from knife to knife.
| Total Length | 295mm |
| Blade Length | 160mm |
| Blade Width | 45mm |
| Blade Thickness | 3mm |
| Weight | 125g |
| Blade Materials | White 2 / Soft iron |
| Handle Materials | Walnut / Pakkawood Ferrule |
| Handle Length | 128mm |
| HRC | 60-62 |
