Nakagawa Damascus Aogami kiritsuke 210mm EN

Nagakawa-san apprenticed with the legendary master blacksmith Kenichi Shiraki, who created the Shiraki Hamono brand, eventually becoming its head when Shiraki-san retired. In 2005, Nakagawa-san changed the brand’s name to Nakagawa Hamono.

Nakagawa-san is now one of the most renowned blacksmiths in the world of high-end artisanal cutlery. He works with all types of steel, but his mastery of heat treatment is best appreciated with Ginsan, Aogami #1, and Shirogami #1 steels.

Brand: Nakagawa Hamono
Blacksmith: Satoshi Nakagawa
Steel: Aogami #1 with Damascus soft iron coating
Type: 210mm kiritsuke
Hardness: 63 HRC
Blade length: 21 cm
Blade height at heel: 4.52 cm
Blade thickness at heel: 2.6 mm
Blade thickness at tip: 0.4 mm
Weight: 157 g

The handle is handcrafted from morta oak (a specimen about 5000 years old), with a nickel silver spacer and a blond buffalo horn ferrule.

Forged from Aogami #1 steel with a Damascus soft iron coating, it gives us a hardness of approximately 63 HRC.