Nigara Hamono Ltd makes some of the most striking kitchen knives we have come across. The city of Hirosaki was a castle town during the early Edo period, home to over one hundred forging shops, and Nigara Forging is one of those historical Tsugaru blacksmith shops that has kept traditional forging techniques alive for centuries.
This 210mm gyuto is built around SG2, a powdered stainless steel hardened to roughly 62 HRC and prized for exceptional edge retention and a fine grain structure capable of a genuinely keen edge. The stainless cladding carries a tsuchime, or hammered, finish that gives the blade real depth and presence on the board. The wenge wood octagonal handle and buffalo horn ferrule complete a knife that is, in every sense, a stunner.
Care Instructions: SG2 is a stainless steel but is hard and somewhat chip-prone at this hardness level. Use wood or rubber cutting boards only. Avoid bones, frozen foods, and hard materials. Hand wash and dry after use. Strop regularly between sharpenings and use quality water stones for a full sharpening.
This 210mm gyuto is built around SG2, a powdered stainless steel hardened to roughly 62 HRC and prized for exceptional edge retention and a fine grain structure capable of a genuinely keen edge. The stainless cladding carries a tsuchime, or hammered, finish that gives the blade real depth and presence on the board. The wenge wood octagonal handle and buffalo horn ferrule complete a knife that is, in every sense, a stunner.
Care Instructions: SG2 is a stainless steel but is hard and somewhat chip-prone at this hardness level. Use wood or rubber cutting boards only. Avoid bones, frozen foods, and hard materials. Hand wash and dry after use. Strop regularly between sharpenings and use quality water stones for a full sharpening.
- Maker: Nigara
- Blacksmith: Yoshizawa San
- Location: Aomori Prefecture, Japan
- Construction: Hammer Forged, San Mai
- Edge Steel: SG2 Stainless Steel
- HRC: 62-63
- Cladding: Stainless Tsuchime
- Handle: Wenge Octagonal
- Ferrule: Black Buffalo Horn
- Weight: 5.6 oz (160 g)
- Blade Length: 219 mm
- Total Length: 345 mm
- Spine Thickness at Heel: 3 mm
- Blade Height: 48 mm
