⚡Sakai Takayuki Ginsan Steel Nakiri 16.5cm – One-Piece Olive Wood Handle⚡
🔥Brand: Sakai Takayuki
🔪YouTube (Product Video): https://youtu.be/gSoT-LPdaRo
🔪Knife Type: Nakiri
🔪Steel: Ginsan (Gingami No.3 stainless steel)
🔪Rust Resistance: High
🔪Blade Length: 16.5cm
🔪Handle: One-piece olive wood
🔪Saya: Optional add-on (various materials available)
🔪Thickness: ≈1.9mm
🔪Blade Width: ≈5cm
🔪Weight: ≈165g
Brand Introduction:
⭕Sakai Takayuki is produced by Aoki Hamono, carrying over 600 years of Sakai’s traditional blade-making heritage.
Sakai is one of Japan’s three major knife-making regions, originally famous for forging samurai swords.
Since the 16th century, the region evolved its craft into high-quality kitchen knives, which even became official licensed products of the Edo Shogunate.
Today, Sakai Takayuki offers a wide range of single-bevel and double-bevel knives and exports to more than 100 countries. Their “Gallery & Lounge” allows visitors to experience Japanese blade craftsmanship and culture firsthand.
Steel Introduction:
⭕Ginsan Steel (Gingami No.3) is a high-quality stainless steel made by Hitachi Metals.
It features high carbon and high chromium content with added vanadium and molybdenum, giving it excellent edge retention, hardness, wear resistance, and corrosion resistance—commonly used in premium kitchen knives.
Knife Model Introduction:
⭕Nakiri knives are designed specifically for vegetables.
Their tall, rectangular blade provides stability and excels at thin slicing, push cuts, and chopping, making them one of the most practical household knife shapes.