Classic Nakiri | 16.5cm

The Shun Classic Nakiri is a traditional Japanese vegetable knife. It is a particularly well balanced knife suitable for mincing, cutting, dicing and peeling vegetables. Nakiri is simply Japanese for ""vegetable knife."" Once you get the Shun Classic Nakiri in your hands, you'll soon see why both professional chefs and good cooks around the world choose this beautiful and extremely useful tool whenever they have fruits or vegetables to prepare. With its straight blade, edge, and spine, the nakiri isn’t rocked like a chefs knife. Instead, use a simple push cut and enjoy the clean, swift work it makes of vegetables of all kinds. For daily salad preparation or slicing vegetables for stir-fry, it can't be beat. Finely dicing onions is fast, easy, and with the Shun Classic Nakiri’s blunt end, and safer too. All Shun Classic knife purchases come in a beautifully presented gift box. Cutting Edge: Hand-sharpened 16degrees; double-bevel blade Steel: Proprietary VG-MAX cutting core, 34 layers each side (69 total including core) stainless steel Damascus cladding Hardness: 60 HRC Blade Length: 16.5cm Handle: D-shaped ebony PakkaWood Origin: Handcrafted in Japan