Information: KAI professional japanese knives - SHUN PRO series - VG-0165N NAKIRI knife single-edged blade shapes - blade 5,5" (16,5cm) - handle 12.2cm This cooking Nakiri knife with single sided beveled edge blade with hollow-ground backing, handles are made from black Ebony Pakka Wood. This is a PROFESSIONAL japanese knife.
The Shun PRO series complements the SHUN chef’s knife series with its traditional Japanese single-edged blade shapes.
The blades are made from the core material of the damask steel series – the V-gold-10 steel.
This top-of-the-range series of Japanese chef’s knives is not only held in high esteem by Sushi chefs all over the world.
It is also increasingly popular among European chefs.
The single-edged blade with its hollow ground cut on the opposite side provides a unique cutting experience not known to most European blade shapes.
The NAKIRI-USUBA-KAMAGATA knives:
¤ the traditional Japanese vegetable knife
¤ best suited for cutting all sorts of vegetables
¤ despite its shape not suitable for chopping bones
¤ Attention:
NEVER use a Nakiri knife for chopping bones and fish bones !