Menkiri, Noodle knife Menkiri, Noodle knife Menkiri, Noodle knife
Menkiri, Noodle knife Menkiri, Noodle knife Menkiri, Noodle knife

Menkiri (Noodle Knife)

Special Knives

It is used to cut udon and soba noodles. To make it possible to cut a strip of noodles in one stroke, its blade’s length is 27 cm or longer. Also, it is made heavy so you can cut using its weight. Besides kurouchi(**), there are also migaki(*).

*A knife that is silver overall like you see frequently, by polishing the "ji" (the base of the knife made by smiths).
**A knife with the kireha part polished while leaving the obverse side of the "ji" black.

240mm
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300mm
330mm