Nakagawa Blue 1 Damascus Yanagiba 270 / 300 / 330 mm
Nakagawa Blue 1 Damascus Yanagiba 270 / 300 / 330 mm
Nakagawa Blue 1 Damascus Yanagiba 270 / 300 / 330 mm
Nakagawa Blue 1 Damascus Yanagiba 270 / 300 / 330 mm
Nakagawa Blue 1 Damascus Yanagiba 270 / 300 / 330 mm
Nakagawa Blue 1 Damascus Yanagiba 270 / 300 / 330 mm
Nakagawa Blue 1 Damascus Yanagiba 270 / 300 / 330 mm
Nakagawa Blue 1 Damascus Yanagiba 270 / 300 / 330 mm
Nakagawa Blue 1 Damascus Yanagiba 270 / 300 / 330 mm

Nakagawa Blue 1 Damascus Yanagiba 270 / 300 / 330 mm

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After the retirement of legendary master craftsman Kenichi Shiraki, Nakagawa-san, as Shiraki-san's disciple for almost 20 years, is heading the Shiraki Hamono (now as Nakagawa Hamono). 

In fact, many of Shiraki-san's works including honyaki in the last 5 or more years were done by Nakagawa-san.  

Nakagawa-san is also forging knives for some top tier lines from Sakai retailers, namely Sakai Kikumori, Sakai Jikko, and some other brands. 

After the success of bringing in Nakagawa-san's popular wide-bevel Ginsan line, we are now proud to offer his professional single bevel line - Blue1 yaganiba with beautifully finished spine and choil. 

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Measurements 

  270 mm 300 mm 330 mm
Weight 223 g 249 g 283 g
Total Length 422 mm 452 mm 482 mm
Tip to Heel Length 260 mm 290 mm 321 mm
Blade Height at Heel 34.2 mm 35.8 mm 37.0 mm
Width of Spine Above Heel 4.5 mm 4.6 mm 4.8 mm
Width of Spine at Middle of Blade 3.1 mm 3.2 mm 3.2 mm
Width of Spine at about 1cm From the Tip 1.3 mm 1.3 mm 1.3 mm

 

Steel: Blue 1 Damascus

 

Hardness(HRC): 63-64

 

Handle Design: K&S Teak wood handle anf horn ferrule, with options