Nakiri style blade is similar to our cleaver. 7 inch, stainless steel blade, with pakka wood handle. My wife said I needed cute knives for her and her friends. Her favorite knife was the cleaver but she complained that the cleaver was too heavy and big. The nakiri blade solves this problem. A little smaller in size, it can chop, dice and cut whatever you want but is lighter in weight so it is easy to use.