Our Exclusive Yaxell Takehisa Nakiri Knife combines the features of a chef's knife with the versatility of a vegetable cleaver, ideal to use for vegetables. Yaxell Takehisa features a 211-layer Damascus blade with geometric pattern and beautiful black beech pakkawood handle with traditional Japanese Samurai family crest. The special micro-marbide powder stainless steel ZDP189 cutting core with extremely high Rockwell hardness of 66 provides ultimate cutting performance. The four Japanese Kanji characters hand-engraved on the front side of the blade is known as "Takehisa, the Samurai Spirit". Handcrafted in Seki City, Japan with a lifetime warranty.