Japanese Kitchen Knife Nakiri | Hammered VG10 Damascus

Nakiri bocho knives mainly used for cutting vegetables. The blade is thinner than other knives, and you can cut vegetables without crushing them.

It is suitable for cutting large vegetables such as cabbage and Chinese cabbage.

It is useful for ‘千切り Sengiri – shredding’ and ‘桂むき Katsuramuki‘ – a method of cutting vegetables into julienne strips.

Hard and large ingredients such as pumpkin and radish can be cut smoothly.

About this knife

This is a hand-crafted high quality Japanese kitchen knife with a beautiful design called ‘槌目 Tsuchime’ which means ‘hammered’.

This knife is also ‘8 layers Damascus steel’, which have luxurious and beautiful design and there is no exact same striped pattern, making it a very unique kitchen knife.

The 165mm blade has the core material of VG10 stainless steel which contains a lot of carbon and cobalt, therefore it is hard, good sharpness, and long-lasting, which does NOT rust like carbon steel.

The brand is ‘源久秀 Minamoto no Hisahide’ and it is engraved in the knife.

What we like about this knife

– Unique blade – no exact same pattern in the world

– Beautiful hammered design

– Great sharpness using the best VG10 stainless steel