Kurouchi Nakiri 165 mm (6.5 in) Aogami (Blue) #1 Double-Bevel

• Type: Nakiri
• Finish: Kurouchi
• Blade Length: 165 mm (6.5 in)
• Construction: Awase
• Core Edge Steel: Aogami (Blue) #1
• HRC (Rockwell Hardness): 62-63
• Handle: Walnut
• Bevel: Double-Bevel
• Place of Origin: Tosa
  
• Black Smith: Buho Murata

Nakiri is considered a useful knife to cut without splitting or cracking relatively hard vegetables, popular among vegetarians. Nakiri is a double bevel edged knife to efficiently cut, slice, and mince vegetables. Though the nakiri is often mistaken for a mini Chinese cleaver due to its flat, rectangular, and thin blade, it cannot be used to cut tough materials like bones.

Blue (Aogami) #1 (Hitachi Metals Ltd.) is very similar to Blue Steel #2, but the additional Carbon and Tungsten / Wolfram result in even better edge retention and toughness. The steel is perhaps most commonly seen in high-grade Japanese traditional knives.

* This is handmade product, so there may be slight difference from the actual image.