Paring knife 75 mm, TOSA Blue1 Kurouchi
For those who cut a lot of vegetables: cabbage, onion and root vegetables.
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Description
Small vegetable knife of 75 mm from Tosa in Kochi. It suits small jobs with vegetables, fruit and herbs, on the board or in the hand.
The core is Aogami 1 (Blue #1), a carbon steel, with iron cladding. The finish is kurouchi: the black forge scale is left on. The handle is Japanese (wa) in walnut, and the edge is sharpened 50/50.
Iron and carbon steel can rust. Dry the knife straight after use. We sharpen it in the workshop when it needs it.
Tosa Cutlery · Tosa, Kochi
Tosa Cutlery comes from the Tosa region in Kochi Prefecture, an area with a long tradition of practical Japanese knife making.
All knives from Tosa CutlerySpecifications
- Knife type
- Nakiri (vegetable knife)
- Region
- Tosa, Kōchi
- Blade length
- 75 mm
- Handle
- Walnut
- Edge
- 50/50
- Right-/left-handed
- Both
- Item number (SKU)
- TOSA-B1-75N
- Weight
- 54 g
About the knife type: Nakiri (vegetable knife)
A nakiri is a vegetable knife with a short, straight, wide blade and no tip. It gives fine, even cuts when you chop, slice and julienne.
A nakiri is not a cleaver. Do not chop through bone or frozen food.
About the steel: Blue #1 (Aogami #1)
Care and maintenance
Wash by hand in warm water, and dry it straight away.
Never the dishwasher. Use a cutting board of wood or plastic, not glass or stone.
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