Shredding knives, Nakiri

The originality of Japanese cuisine and the perfected skills of its chefs have led to the creation of unique recipes and entire systems of food processing using traditional tools. Among these is the Nakiri, a knife for herbs and vegetables, which is used for slicing and shredding soft and vegetable products.

Features of Japanese Nakiri knives

Nakiri knife (Nakiri) is the Japanese version of the kitchen axe. Thanks to such a solution, it is well-balanced and convenient enough for chopping and mincing small vegetables, without causing the need for additional hand movement to roll the blade along the cutting board.

Visually, it resembles the Usuba knife, but its blade has reduced dimensions for convenience, as well as less weight - a few hundred grams depending on the manufacturing material chosen. This allows it to be more comfortable and compact, more functional in application.

The Nakiri slicing and shredding knife has the following key features:

• The Nakiri blade has a rectangular blade, which can be up to six centimeters wide and up to 18.5 cm or more in length.

• The distinctive feature is the sharp tip, which can be situationally either upturned or lowered in line with the cutting blade.

• The cutting edge of the blade has the highest level of sharpness, and is also higher in density, hardness and durability - from 57 Rockwell points.

• The finish sharpening has a minimum angle of inclination, created on water stones with a higher level of grit.

This makes it impossible to confuse Japanese Nakiri for chopping and slicing with other cutting tools in Asian, and even more so in European cuisine. The unique shape of the blade, suitable for chopping vegetables and shredding herbs, allows Nakiri to acquire the characteristic features that distinguish it from a filet knife or a chef's knife.

What a Nakiri knife is for

Japanese knives for chopping and slicing found their place not only in professional kitchens, restaurants and other catering establishments in Asia, but also in Ukraine and other European countries as well. Chefs tend to buy it for easier processing of soft, moderately solid foods, among which different kinds of vegetables and fruits prevail.

The Nakiri knife can:

• Quickly slice hard and soft vegetables;
• Shred herbs;
• Slice mushrooms;
• Chop fruits with moderately hard skins;
• Slice thinly into slices and more.

Separately, we should note that the Nakiri knife is not recommended for slicing and shredding other types of products, for example, meat and fish fillets, as well as frozen semi-finished products. Despite the shape of the hatchet, the knife is not suitable for chopping poultry bones and cutting meat into separate fragments. 

Buy Nakiri knife in Kiev with delivery

If you are looking for where to buy cutting tools and accessories at an affordable price - visit our online store OsakaHamono.

In our shop you can find Japanese knives for slicing and chopping vegetables for comfortable work in the kitchen of the leading brands, as well as get acquainted with the products of our production, created according to Asian traditions.

Purchasing with us is easy and comfortable because we offer not only a wide range of products but also a large catalog with smart filters for a quick search by price, material, brand, etc.

Our customers can visit our salon in Kiev or get the parcel at the post office. And we will pay for its delivery if your order amount exceeds 2000 UAH!