Nakiris

The nakiri is Japan's dedicated vegetable knife, with a flat edge, a tall blade, and a squared tip. The flat profile makes full contact with the board on every stroke, which means cleaner, faster cuts through onions, carrots, cabbage, and any produce where a gyuto or santoku lifts off the board and loses efficiency. For cooks who do serious vegetable prep, a nakiri is not a specialty knife - it is the right tool for the job.

Wa-handled nakiri knives are lighter with a forward balance and suit the traditional Japanese grip. Western-handled nakiris feel familiar to cooks coming from European-style knives.