Maguro Hananuri



Description:

HANANURI or NURITATE (unpolished urushi)
A technique used for kitchen utensils is called "Nuritate" or «Hananuri». You may also know it from the "Tamenuri" pens from Nakaya. Here, one or more layers of high-quality, transparent urushi "sukurome" or transparent black urushi is applied to a pigmented, finely sanded urushi surface. The Nuritate surface is not ground and polished and therefore any dust must be avoided respectively picked out with a bamboo needle before curing in the «urushiburo». The underlying color can be partially seen shining through the Nuritate layer. The result with high-quality Nuritate is a silky matt finish. The Japanese love to experience how the contact points where the hands touch, e.g. with chopsticks, change color with time of use. "O-Hashi" begin to shine. "Yô no Bi" beauty through use is a typical Japanese aesthetic concept.
Maguro Hananuri = Jet-blacck Nuritate