Heywood Copper Damascus Nakiri 215mm

With a touch of waffling along the blade’s flats to accentuate the presence of polished copper in the striking house-made copper damascus steel, this pre-owned, unused, like-new nakiri by Jeramie ‘Jezz’ Heywood is a one-of-a-kind. An Aogami Super carbon edge, sharp and thin, delivers head-turning performance and good looks for the cook’s kitchen. Large, sharp, front heavy, and tough from ‘tip’ to heel, this nakiri plays the role of cleaver in its spare time, its tall, convex bevels and thin edge perfect for moving effortlessly through even the densest of ingredients. Jezz, a long-time steel formula developer serving the global craft culinary maker’s market, creates sole-authorship chef’s knives like this one from his own materials, and the results, as you can see, are extraordinary. For comfort and control over this weighted, 11.9oz / 339g piece is a long, tapering, round handle in Jezz’s usual all-utility style sculpted from white cedar with a pine dowel to secure the blade tang at one end, and a copper finial at the other.