Hatsukokuro Nakagawa 210mm Gyuto Aogami 1 Damascus Ebony 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.

These knives feature super fine grinding by Morihiro, known for his single and wide double bevel grinding work. Morihiro was instrumental in bringing Sakai’s tradition of single bevel grinding to double bevel wa-hocho. He was the sole sharpener of the Konosuke Fujiyama line (until 2018) and also works on the Sakai Kikumori Choyo series as well as other projects from Sakai.

They will cut very very smoothly but can be easy to damage if any twisting, lateral pressure or scraping is applied. 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. 

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 
Smith: Sastoshi Nakagawa
Sharpener: Morihiro
Producing Area: Sakai, Japan
Profile: Gyuto
Size: 210mm
Steel Type: Iron Clad Carbon Steel
Steel: Aogami 1
Handle:  Ebony (Black Horn)
Total Length:  350mm
Edge Length: 203mm
Handle to Tip Length:
Blade Height: 48mm
Thickness:  3.4mm
Handle Length:
Weight:  204g
Hand Orientation: Ambidextrous