Honyaki Kiritsuke Yanagiba knife, Shirogami 1 Carbon Steel, etched finish - Nigara

Nigara Hamono has a excellent reputation for creating one-of-a-kind knives. We are very excited to be stocking these knives. In the words of me ‘they are well nice.’ 

SHAPE: Kiritsuke Yanagiba. Traditionally it was a multipurpose sushi knife, used only by the executive chef. This incarnation has more in common with a yanagiba, just with a dropped tip, characteristic of a kiritsuke. This is a honyaki - or true-forged - blade. These blades use a mono steel construction which is then differentially hardened. This basically means the edge is harder than the spine. The wave line, or hamon, seen on the blade face is an indication that the blade has been hardened in this way. These are the hardest knives to make and failure rate is high.

STEEL: Shirogami (white paper) 1 steel. This steel has the highest amount of carbon out of the paper steels so will get crazy sharp easily. Due to the non stainless nature of this steel care must be taken to dry the knives properly after use. 

FINISH: Etched finishing showing hamon line and alloy banding.

HANDLE: Octagonal Kirin handle with white buffalo horn ferule and end cap, with double silver spacer.

LENGTH: 330mm in length.

MAKER: Nigara Hamono - Japan

SAUNDERS SAYS: “Daaaayum. Nigara Hamono keep pushing the boundaries of modern knife making. This is an incredible example of traditional forging techniques utilised to create a one of a kind yanagiba that would be an excellent addition to any collection.”