Nakagawa Blue 1 Damascus Sakimaru Yanagiba 270 / 300 / 330 mm Length:300mm Blade Height at Heel

Blade Height at Heel

The bevel is hand sharpened and polished by hand

Omakase sushi chefs use this type of brush to apply the final sauce to the nigiri sushi before pass them to customers

The Tsuchime hammered surface finish adds visual texture to the workhorse grind

Seki City gains a high reputation both home and abroad

Nakagawa Blue 1 Damascus Sakimaru Yanagiba 270 / 300 / 330 mm Length:300mm Blade Height at HeelAfter 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