Nakagawa Blue 1 Kiritsuke Yanagiba 270/ 300/ 330 mm HASEGAWA White 2 with iron clad

White 2 with iron clad

such as the famous Tsumataro that is an essential tool for every professional Japanese kitchen

While we all LOVE everything to be as exotic as possbile: steel has to be White 1 or Blue 1

Hardness: HRC 60-61

Made by Nigara in Aomori

Nakagawa Blue 1 Kiritsuke Yanagiba 270/ 300/ 330 mm HASEGAWA White 2 with iron cladAfter the retirement of legendary master craftsman Kenichi Shiraki, Nakagawa san, as Shiraki san's disciple for almost 20 years, is heading the Shiraki Hamono (now as Nakagawa Hamono). In fact, many of Shiraki san's works including honyaki in the last 5 or more years were done by Nakagawa san. Nakagawa san is also forging knives for some top tier lines from Sakai retailers, namely Sakai Kikumori, Sakai Jikko, and some other brands. After the success