Ishizuchi Tsuchime Damascus Nakiri 165 mm Rosewood

If vegetables are most of what you cook, the nakiri is not a second knife, it is the first one. Tall and thin with a flat edge, it goes straight through an onion without rocking, and the height keeps your knuckles off the board. This one carries hammered and Damascus finishes on VG-10 steel.

The LADJA team uses it for:

• Push-cutting onions, leeks and cabbage
• Paper-thin slices of cucumber, radish and fennel
• Chopping greens and herbs in one pass
• Lifting the pile off the board with the flat of the blade

Details:

• Type: Nakiri, vegetable knife
• Blade: 165 mm, double bevel
• Steel: VG-10 stainless
• Finish: hammered (tsuchime) over Damascus
• Handle: rosewood, Japanese style
• Weight: 250 g
• Maker: Ishizuchi, Ehime, Shikoku, Japan. Founded 1920, now run by the fourth generation