Nakagawa Damascus B1 sakimaru yanagiba 300mm EN

Nagakawa-san apprenticed with the legendary master blacksmith Kenichi Shiraki who created the Shiraki Hamono brand, until becoming its leader when Shiraki-san retired. In 2005 Nakagawa-san changed the brand name to Nakagawa Hamono.

The blade we offer you here is a sakimaru yanagiba, a single-bevel blade, intended mainly for cutting fish and occasionally it can also be used for pieces of boneless meat.

Forged in Aogami #1 steel (Japanese blue steel) with a damask iron coating with a very subtle and elegant pattern.

Aogami #1 steel has a hardness of approximately 63 HRC which allows it to have an extremely sharp and polished edge, ideal for cutting raw proteins, and with remarkable edge retention.

Brand: Hatsukokoro

Blacksmith: Satoshi Nakagawa

Steel: Aogami n.1

Finish: damascus

Hardness: 63 HRC

Blade length: 29.8 cm

Height of blade at heel: 3.5 cm

Blade thickness at the heel: 3.7 mm

Blade thickness at tip: 1.2 mm

Weight: 213 gr

The handle is handcrafted with a wavy poplar burl, silver nickel spacers and spalted beech.