Nakiri: Vegetable knife/ all-purpose knife , more information about the most common knife shapes can be found here: knife shapes .
Kajibei : Kajibei knives are hand-forged by master Kunio Ishikawa and his son in Sanjo.
Master Ishikawa only uses traditional Japanese steel such as Aogami and Shirogami. The knives are made using a wood-fired kiln and then polished by hand.
The handle has a D-shape and is made of magnolia and a plastic ferrule.
Due to the D-shape of the handle, the knife is designed for right-handed use.
- Steel: Shirogami (White Paper Steel)
- Blade length according to manufacturer: approx. 165 mm
- Measured blade length: approx. 163mm
- Heel height: approx. 55 mm
- Thick blade back over heel: approx. 3.3 mm
- Weight: approx. 145 g
- Shape: Nakiri
- Finish: Kurochi
- Handle material: Magnolia, plastic ferrule
- Blacksmith: Kajibei
- blacksmith: Kunio Ishikawa
- Origin: Sanjo, Japan
The weight and length information are the dimensions of a randomly selected knife from this series. However, these may vary as each knife is a handmade product.
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