{"id":43232,"date":"2016-12-13T13:49:26","date_gmt":"2016-12-13T18:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/?p=43232"},"modified":"2025-11-14T22:37:53","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T03:37:53","slug":"knife-drawing-in-krita-cc-by-lemasney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2016\/12\/13\/knife-drawing-in-krita-cc-by-lemasney\/","title":{"rendered":"Nakiri Knife drawing."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\n<\/div><figcaption>Speed drawing of a nakiri knife. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Nakiris are double bevel knives designed specifically for working with vegetables. Nakiris are characterized by their flat profiles and squared off tips. This profile makes these knives ideal for push cutting and chopping but awkward for rock cutting. Nakiris are often ground thin to optimize performance and they benefit from a refined cutting edge. A similar design is the traditional single bevel usuba which is also designed specifically for use on vegetables. Nakiri enthusiasts may also want to consider the Chinese cleaver which performs a similar function with a somewhat similar profile.&#8221; &#8211; Nakiris from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chefknivestogo.com\/nakiri-knives.html\">http:\/\/www.chefknivestogo.com\/nakiri-knives.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Nakiri b\u014dch\u014d (\u83dc\u5207\u308a\u5305\u4e01, translation: knife for cutting greens) and usuba b\u014dch\u014d (\u8584\u5203\u5305\u4e01, thin knife) are Japanese-style vegetable knives. They differ from the deba b\u014dch\u014d in their shape, as they have a straight blade edge suitable for cutting all the way to the cutting board without the need for a horizontal pull or push.[1] These knives are also much thinner. While the deba b\u014dch\u014d is a heavy blade for easy cutting through thin bones, the blade is not suitable for chopping vegetables, as the thicker blade can break the vegetable slice. The nakiri b\u014dch\u014d and the usuba b\u014dch\u014d have a much thinner blade. This does not help with cutting small bones in fish or meat, but is useful for cutting vegetables. &nbsp;Nakiri b\u014dch\u014d are knives for home use, and usually have a black blade. The shape of the nakiri b\u014dch\u014d differs according to the region of origin, with knives in the Tokyo area being rectangular in shape, whereas the knives in the Osaka area are called kamagata nakiri and have a rounded corner on the far blunt side. There are also kamagata usuba. The cutting edge is angled from both sides, called ry\u014dba in Japanese. This makes it easier to cut straight slices. &nbsp;Usuba b\u014dch\u014d are vegetable knives used by professionals. They differ from the Nakiri b\u014dch\u014d in the shape of the cutting edge. While the nakiri b\u014dch\u014d is sharpened from both sides, the usuba b\u014dch\u014d is sharpened only from one side, a style known as kataba in Japanese. The highest quality kataba blades have a slight depression on the flat side. This kataba style edge gives better cuts and allows for the cutting of thinner slices than the ry\u014dba used for nakiri b\u014dch\u014d, but requires more skill to use. The sharpened side is usually the right side for a right hand use of the knife, but knives sharpened on the left side are available for left hand use. The usuba b\u014dch\u014d is heavier than a nakiri b\u014dch\u014d, although still much lighter than a deba b\u014dch\u014d.[2]&#8221; &#8211; Nakiri b\u014dch\u014d &#8211; Wikipedia from <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nakiri_b%C5%8Dch%C5%8D\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nakiri_b%C5%8Dch%C5%8D<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you like it please thumbs-up or share! If you like them, please subscribe for more! I&#8217;m always looking for ways to connect with people about tech, design, teaching, and lots of other topics. If you think we should talk, connect with me at https:\/\/about.me\/lemasney<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a speed drawing of a Nakiri style vegetable knife using the open source illustration and digital painting application called Krita. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6890,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[19,18,3659,1128,4110,3653,3658,3070,3654,21,23,31,32,5],"tags":[411,938],"class_list":{"0":"post-43232","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-classes-presentations","8":"category-cv","9":"category-design-principles","10":"category-illustration","11":"category-inkscape-portfolio","12":"category-insights","13":"category-instructional-technology","14":"category-open-source-consulting","15":"category-portfolio","16":"category-professional-activities","17":"category-professional-experience","18":"category-teaching","19":"category-teaching-experience","20":"category-technology","21":"tag-inkscape","22":"tag-youtube","23":"czr-hentry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/201212121-1000x583.png?fit=1000%2C583&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3h6y2-bfi","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5796,"url":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2010\/11\/08\/316-of-365-is-a-pair-of-scissors-inkscape-drawing\/","url_meta":{"origin":43232,"position":0},"title":"316 of 365 is a pair of scissors #Inkscape #drawing","author":"lemsy","date":"2010-11-08","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 Lately I've been remembering my mother by sketching objects in Inkscape that remind me of her. 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