Nakiyo Sumi Sakimaru Chef's Knife, 216 mm (8.5")

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Available from Seattle Cutlery when we last checked, in the last two days. Sold from the shop’s own store; the price there is the one that counts.

Painstakingly crafted from the finest materials, delicately balanced, and finished to perfection, Nakiyo Sumi is our latest line of traditional Japanese-style knives. A blade of 67-layer stainless Damascus steel is sharpened to a long-lasting, razor-sharp edge and joins a handle of ebony wood and black water buffalo horn, with all surfaces and corners finely smoothed and polished. Sumi knives feature the thinnest blades in the Nakiyo lineup. This makes them our highest-performance knives, but li