Satoshi Nakagawa 210mm Kiritsuke Gyuto Ginsanko Ebony Black Buffalo Horn Handle

Nakagawa-san's knives are characterized by excellent heat control during forging and a very thorough heat treatment creating knives that have superb edge formation and edge life with good toughness. His carbon steels are usually easy to sharpen across most steel types. Nakagawa-san reputation as one of a few blacksmiths in Sakai to forge Ginsanko and VG10 stainless steels that results in excellent edge life and toughness is well earned, his ginsanko is one of the best we have used and sharpened, really superb edge life, toughness and edge formation.

Super fine grinding by Naohito-san. These have a solid feel with little overall flex but the edge is super thin and ‘nail-going’; it can be temporarily bent with pressure against a fingernail, an old style test for proper thinness on a fine ground blade. While not the thinnest in our stock at the spine behind the edge they are quite possibly the thinnest. They will cut very very smoothly but can be easy to damage if any twisting, lateral pressure or scraping is applied. These are best suited for those already using thin edged Japanese knives and maybe not the best first Japanese knife for someone used to forgiving tougher knives. 

Do not leave wet. Hand wash & dry, no dishwasher. Hardwood-end grain or softwood long grain cutting boards are preferred; avoid bamboo and plastic cutting boards. 

Brand: Nakagawa Satoshi
Smith: Nakagawa-san
Producing Area: Sakai
Profile: Gyuto
Size: 210mm
Steel Type: Stainless
Steel: Ginsanko
Handle: Ebony
Total Length:  348mm
Edge Length: 201mm
Handle to Tip Length: 214mm
Blade Height: 42mm
Thickness: 3.02mm
Handle Length: 134mm
Weight: 181g
Hand Orientation: Ambidextrous 
Sharpener:  Myojin Naohito