Nakagawa Ginsan Yanagiba 270 / 300 / 330 mm Mirror Polished Finish, Left-Handed

Nakagawa Ginsan Yanagiba 270 / 300 / 330 mm Mirror Polished Finish, Left-HandedAfter 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. So K&S now is very

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It is able to produce a very high heat (about 1200 degrees) and maintain a steady heat release for serval hours

With the inheritance of long standing traditional techniques

Shirogami #2 steel offers high sharpness and ease of sharpening but is reactive carbon steel that requires immediate wiping and drying after use to prevent corrosion

NOTE: the figures provided are for reference only

This stone ships to Australia only

Hard anodized surface with elegant gunmetal finish

The owner Czar owns a business to manufacture top quality parts from aluminium cellphone enclosures to military grade components

The blade is hand sharpened by Nishimura san back in Sakai using natural stone

the most famous sharp tools center in Japan

Tsubame is quite similar to Seki in this regard as it has a few mass-produced knife makers

Compatible with most cooktops