adam_Cullen
Well-Known Member
First off, let me say that I love nakiri knives! the tap chopping, the ability to be a canvas for blacksmiths to show off their finishes, the feel/history, the ability to cut through veg and squash like nobodys business... they are great! that said, i have a hard time finding what i am looking for in shops (meaning i have made a few impulse buys and suffered from buyers remorse), so i wanted to gauge what others thought about their personal nakiri.
I have bought a few and ended up selling/trading all of them because it doesn't quite perform in the way i'd like. sometimes the cladding is nice but it has a food release issue cutting things like zuicnini or squash... or it will cut like a beast but it has a lower blade height and might as well be using a santoku/bunka that is more versatile.. so i have shifted to looking for a tall nakiri that be make up the difference. one thing that i have noticed is that the average tall nakiri i have see is usually of 70mm+ in height.. so wouldn't that be closer to a Chinese clever?? ideally, i feel a kiruichi finish on a tall nakiri with a blade height of roughly 60-65mm would be a happy medium between the traditional 42-55mm blade height and the Chinese clever. so i am here to ask (before i make ANOTHER impulse buy), what do you think of them? what are you rocking? what do you look for in picking out a nakiri? is there anything else i should be considering in my next, and hopefully final, purchase? Let's Chat!!
I have bought a few and ended up selling/trading all of them because it doesn't quite perform in the way i'd like. sometimes the cladding is nice but it has a food release issue cutting things like zuicnini or squash... or it will cut like a beast but it has a lower blade height and might as well be using a santoku/bunka that is more versatile.. so i have shifted to looking for a tall nakiri that be make up the difference. one thing that i have noticed is that the average tall nakiri i have see is usually of 70mm+ in height.. so wouldn't that be closer to a Chinese clever?? ideally, i feel a kiruichi finish on a tall nakiri with a blade height of roughly 60-65mm would be a happy medium between the traditional 42-55mm blade height and the Chinese clever. so i am here to ask (before i make ANOTHER impulse buy), what do you think of them? what are you rocking? what do you look for in picking out a nakiri? is there anything else i should be considering in my next, and hopefully final, purchase? Let's Chat!!