Tosa Tsukasa Nakiri Shirogami 1

Tsukasa Tokaji is the blacksmith of Tosa Tsukasa, he apprenticed under Tadayoshi Tokaji and learnt the traditional free forging techniques of Shikoku Island. These knives have a Ryobi or double bevel grind and are fine for left and right handed users. 

The Nakiri, “leaf cutter”, is a double bevel, thin bladded knife designed for vegetable cutting. The flat grind of the blade makes for good chopping board contact so no more “accordion” vegetables. This is not a cleaver.

Shirogami or White Paper steel, is a very pure steel with a high carbon content that was designed to be like traditional Tamahagane, used in sword making. Very popular with Japanese blacksmiths, it takes a fine edge and is very easy to sharpen. Shirogami comes in 3 grades with various levels of carbon, Shirogami #1, #2 & #3.