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Chozaburo x Wakui Kuroichi Hammered Nakiri (vegetable knife), 165 mm
Chozaburo x Wakui Nakiri, 165mm,
Hand-forged vegetable blade made of non-stainless steel with a core of extremely hard Japanese Shirogami #2 White steel. This knife is completely hand-forged by Toshihiro Wakui-san in his small forge in Sanjo (Niigata). and is unique in its kind, this knife is completely forged by hand. The blade is thin and manually sharpened and has no thickenings, making sharpening very easy. A nakiri is a double-sided vegetable knife and is suitable for cutting and embossing vegetables and fruit. It is one of the basic knives of the Japanese chef.
Chozaburo is a brand of Babacho Hamono and has its knives made by Mutsumi Hinoura san and Toshihiro Wakui-san.
The handle is made of burnt chestnut wood. A special feature is that the handle remains rough when it becomes damp. The handle is oval (suitable for left and right-handed use).
Wakui-san started forging knives as an apprentice at Yoshikane Cutlery in Sanjo, Japan. Wakui-san forges and sharpens all his knives in his small Sanjo workshop. The Wakui knives are characterized by a solid, medium-heavy yet robust Sanjo feel: very thin behind the edge, thicker on the back and surprisingly easy to sharpen with an extremely sharp result. The geometry lends itself very easily to subsequent thinning.
- Blade length: 165 mm
- Weight: 168 grams
- Total length: 314 mm
- Blade height: 52 mm
- Blade thickness (measured at the handle): 5 mm, at the end of the blade: 2 mm
- Steel type: core steel: non-stainless Shirogami #2 White steel with 2 layers of non-stainless steel (Sanmai forged)
- Hardness: 63-64 (Rockwell C)
- Handle: Oval chestnut wood with black buffalo horn bolster
Like all Japanese knives, these handmade knives from Wakui-san are not dishwasher safe, cleaning and drying after each use is the best treatment for these exclusive products.
