SG2 powdered stainless steel can feel almost carbon like when forged by a skilled blacksmith, very hard while still holding an edge for a long stretch of use, and Makoto Kurosaki puts that steel to work in this 165mm nakiri. Despite its high wear resistance, SG2 sharpens more easily than most other stainless steels.
The core is clad san mai style in a soft stainless steel, finished with a tsuchime, or hammered, texture and a clean hairline polish beneath it. The handle is an octagonal cherry wood, a nod to sakura, the cherry tree prized in Japan each spring, with a maple ferrule. Makoto Kurosaki, brother of fellow CKTG blacksmith Yu Kurosaki, is known for an exceptionally fine, laser thin grind, and this nakiri shows it off well, gliding through vegetables with very little resistance.
Care Instructions:SG2 is stainless but hard and can chip at this hardness level, so use only wood or soft plastic cutting boards and avoid bones, frozen foods, or other hard materials. Hand wash and dry the blade after use, and strop the edge regularly between full sharpenings to keep it performing at its best on quality water stones.
The core is clad san mai style in a soft stainless steel, finished with a tsuchime, or hammered, texture and a clean hairline polish beneath it. The handle is an octagonal cherry wood, a nod to sakura, the cherry tree prized in Japan each spring, with a maple ferrule. Makoto Kurosaki, brother of fellow CKTG blacksmith Yu Kurosaki, is known for an exceptionally fine, laser thin grind, and this nakiri shows it off well, gliding through vegetables with very little resistance.
Care Instructions:SG2 is stainless but hard and can chip at this hardness level, so use only wood or soft plastic cutting boards and avoid bones, frozen foods, or other hard materials. Hand wash and dry the blade after use, and strop the edge regularly between full sharpenings to keep it performing at its best on quality water stones.
- Brand: Makoto
- Blacksmith: Makoto Kurosaki
- Location: Takefu Village, Echizen, Japan
- Construction: San Mai, Hammer Forged
- Quenching: Water Quenched
- Edge Steel: SG2 Powdered Stainless Steel
- Cladding: Stainless Steel
- HRC: 62-63
- Finish: Tsuchime (Hammered)
- Edge Grind: Even
- Handle: Cherry Octagonal (Sakura means Cherry Tree)
- Ferrule: Maple
- Weight: 5.1 oz (146 g)
- Blade Length: 164 mm
- Total Length: 317 mm
- Spine Thickness at Base: 2 mm
- Blade Height: 49 mm
