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I came across Nakamura knives ( Japaneseknifenakamura.com) from Instagram and fell in love with the hontanren series and of course everytime this happens it's always knives that was sold out.

I have also always wanted to own a Satoshi Nakagawa knife but I can't afford any of his honyaki pieces 😂

The local chefs edge released Satoshi nakagawa X Nakamura gyuuto. Whilst only visually looking similar to the hontanren series I suspect they're the same knives albeit Nakamura doesn't list Aogami 1 knife in the collection (Chef's edge order maybe?)

This is my very first premium gyuuto (the other one is a 270 Yosimitu which feels like a sujihiki so I don't really count that)

Specification is as follow

Maker: Satoshi Nakagawa

Sharpener: unsure

Core: Aogami 1

Cladding: soft steel

Handle: Octagon Burnt Oak

Heel height: 50mm

Spine horizontal length: 240mm

Edge horizontal length: 225mm

Edge length: 230mm

Weight: 201g

My go to currently is a 250g Kisuke 180mm bunka which I love, the weight of this despite being a lot lighter feels very very nice. The Nakagawa stamp is perfectly placed where the COG is and it's a visual reminder where I should pinch the knife. Visually I'm a sucker for the simple looking blade (Kisuke is an exception)with loud ish handle and not to mention the elegant knife stamp. I don't own many smooth non kuroichi knives so I look forward to the patina painted on this piece.

Hope you enjoy this.

Finally put a handle on the blade, I never owned a sujihiki but I think this is exactly what I want from a suji. The handle is acacia stabilised wood from Western Australia. Feels very very light for the length, which makes me think are sujihiki going to be traditionally light similar to this?

All in all I enjoy this blade although not practical for daily breakdown I still make use of it as a slicer. Can't go wrong for sub AU$300 knife.