Nakiri is namely a traditional Japanese vegetable knife. It has unique and single-sided blade design. It also one of the best tools to slice and chop for difficult cut veggie such as daikon and butternut squash. The deep and flat blade make them perfectly shredding large veggie like cabbage or lettuce. Keenly sharp edge can cut very thin slices, its perfect if you like to add ribbons of vegetable as a garnish.