Collection: Fujiwara Nashiji
The Fujiwara family roots can be traced back 140 years to traditional Japanese sword making.
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Teruyasu Fujiwara IV is a legend in the knife community who has turned to forging kitchen cutlery as a way of keeping tradition alive.
Fujiwara's influence can be seen all over the globe by inspiring fellow knife makers with his timeless knives, true works of art.
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His Nashiji line of knives are a very awesome, and less expensive way to experience his craftsmanship. Nashiji is the word the Japanese use to describe the skin of a pear. This is also used to describe the cladding of these knives...rustic, and simply beautiful. I am personally a huge fan of these knives, and use the 195mm gyuto regularly at
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The rough texture is exceptional at releasing food from the blade face.
Shirogami #1 is the steel at the core of the knife. Easy to sharpen and extremely fun to use, white carbon requires a very deft hand when forging.
Knife Specifications:
Steel Type: Shirogami #1 (White Steel)
HRC: 65:66
Handle Type: D-shaped magnolia
Steel Type: Shirogami #1 (White Steel)
HRC: 65:66
Handle Type: D-shaped magnolia