Shigemitsu Hamono Nakiri sho 115mm Shirogami #2

In terms of customer feedback, one of the constants for us over the years has been the revelation for users as to how great short knives can be. Like living in a little house or driving a little car, the satisfaction, practicality and usability can quickly make the little the preferred.

So to this little knife, which will be very easy to live with. Light and lovely, ideal for users without a great deal of strength in their wrist who may rely on the unsplitting sharpness of a Japanese nakiri to process the vegetables on their board. Handheld, you say? Try the nakiri sho.

No, not great for halving a large cabbage. Yes, terrific for all those root vegetables, rhizomes, alliums and fruits and all the other modest choppity-chop jobs that present themselves everyday. Quite the revelation.