Nakagawa Ginsan Kamagata Usuba 180/210mm Mirror Polished with K&S Ebony HandleAfter 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

2 mm  Steel

Just like a Samurai sword

Takefu VG10 stainless steel core achieves 59-61 HRC hardness with 15% chromium content for stain resistance and edge retention

107 g  Total Length

141 g  Total Length

crazy "fit and finish"

not frozed food

this SW series model continues the maker's tradition of supplying functional tools for professional kitchen applications

the Kagayaki has a better feedback

The CM4040 is originally design for slicing roasted Beijing Duck skin and therefore is grinded to be very thin behind the edge

2mm at the heel and middle of the spine

the slim blade profile reduces surface contact and friction during long drawing cuts