Nakagawa aogami #1 suminagashi 330mm kiritsuke yanagiba

Nakagawa aogami #1 suminagashi 330mm kiritsuke yanagiba

¥129,300

Satoshi Nakagawa-san is the disciple of master blacksmith Kenichi Shiraki-san (retired in 2017). He has trained under Shiraki-san for 16 years and was at the helm of Shiraki Hamono since 2015 when his master was ill. In April 2021, he decided to open his own workshop: Nakagawa Hamono.

At such a relatively young age, he is one of the most talented smiths out there who can forge various steels like shirogami, aogami as well as stainless ones like VG10 and Ginsanko. In addition to laminated blades, Nakagawa-san also makes honyaki knives. We are excited to add some more Nakagawa-san's extremely well-forged blades in our lineup.

Brand: Yoshihiro
Blacksmith: Satoshi Nakagawa
Location: Sakai, Japan
Knife type: kiritsuke yanagiba with fuller ('chinagashi')
Finish: suminagashi/ damascus
(with magnolia saya)

Construction type: nimai damascus soft iron
Steel category: carbon
Steel type: Hitachi aogami #1 (blue #1)

Total length: 488mm
Blade length: 318mm
Blade height at heel: 38.8mm
Spine thickness at handle: 4.5mm
Spine thickness at heel: 4.3mm
Spine thickness at middle: 3.0mm
Spine thickness 1cm from the tip: 1.4mm
Weight: 300g

Edge/bevel: single bevel
Handle: octagonal ebony
Ferrule: buffalo horn
Hand orientation: right-handed

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NOTE:
These knives are handmade so there will be slight variances and imperfections. Even the pricier Shigefusa or Kiyoshi Kato knives can have minor imperfections.