8″ Nakiri

Blade: 8" 220-layer high carbon "Ladder" pattern damascus steel
Handle: 5" micarta, brass, stabilized maple burl

The nakiri is an early Japanese all-purpose cooking knife, similar in function to the European chef's knife familiar to most people today. As European cuisine--and knives--began to arrive in Japan, the nakiri took on the identity of a "vegetable cleaver." Thin and nimble, these knives are very versatile for most forms of cooking. Some nakiri have virtually no curvature to the edge and are meant strictly for up-and-down chopping. Mine have some curvature so that they can also be used effectively in a rocking motion.

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A piece like this would be about $1,200.00
SKU: 8" Nak 220Lad MplBrl Categories: ,
High Carbon Steel

Nearly all of my knives are made using high carbon steel. It is superior to stainless steel in almost every way, but you need to know how to take care of it. It is important to understand what you’re buying.

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If you would like to discuss a custom order, send me a message here to start the conversation. Your email will come to me, and I will respond personally. Tell me as much as you can about what you envision so that I can begin to frame the project in my mind, and we’ll go from there.

Pricing on custom work ranges from $100 on up to $10,000 and more, depending primarily on the complexity of the piece.

Lead time (i.e. when the knife might be complete) depends on what I have on my books at the moment, but in most cases 6 months is a safe guess.

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