The Enso Hizashi Nakiri Knife is simply a Japanese-style vegetable knife with a straight edge. Use for cutting through a wide variety of fresh vegetables. Ideal for stir-fry dishes or salads, to make vegetable prep tasks even easier. Enso handcrafts professional knives combining the best of advanced technology with the unsurpassed knowledge and expertise of traditional craftsmen. Enso continues to pursue new possibilities for kitchen knives in the new era, and to work on maintaining and improving manufacturing technologies to produce the highest quality products. Handcrafted in Seki City, Japan with a lifetime warranty.