Nakiri

Nakiri 菜切り is a vegetable knife and typically available in 165mm. The blade line has only a little curvature in it, so that it can finish cutting without making accordion pieces with only a little rocking motion. The rounded end allows you to rock-cut a bit without digging it to the board. The blade height is a few mm taller than them and gives you more travel for your guide hand. The increased surface area can be used as a scoop to readily and quickly move reasonable amounts of cut ingredients from your cutting board to the pan or a container. Nakiri translates to “Vegetable Cutter”.