Lumica Ike Jime Kit Wire and Needle Set
Lumica Ike Jime Kit Wire and Needle Set
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Lumica Ikejime Wire and Needle Kit
Available in Medium, Long, and Super Long
Traditional Japanese ikejime kit designed for humane fish dispatch and improved meat quality. Stops nerve activity to help preserve texture, flavor, and freshness.
Built with durable stainless steel components for consistent performance across a wide range of fish sizes.
Available Sizes
Medium 60cm
Balanced length for mid-sized fish and general use
Long 80cm
Extended reach for medium to large fish
Super Long 130cm
Maximum reach for large offshore species
Features
✔ Humane dispatch method that reduces stress and preserves meat quality
✔ Stainless steel needle and wire for durability and corrosion resistance
✔ Smooth nerve threading wire for consistent performance
✔ Ergonomic design for controlled handling
✔ Compact and easy to store depending on model
Kit Contents and Specifications
Medium 60cm
Includes 1 needle and 1 wire
Needle: 2.0mm x 120mm
Wire: 1.2mm x 60cm
Long 80cm
Includes 1 needle with handle, 1 storage tube, and 1 wire
Needle: 2.0mm x 90mm
Wire: 1.2mm x 80cm
Super Long 130cm
Includes 1 spiking tool and 2 wires 100cm and 130cm
Spike: 3.5mm x 160mm
Wire: stainless steel
Brand: Lumica
Made in Japan
Recommended Use
Medium
Yellowtail, snapper, rockfish
Long
Snapper, seabream, amberjack
Super Long
Tuna, mahi, king mackerel, large offshore fish
Meta Description
Lumica Ikejime kit in 60cm, 80cm, and 130cm sizes. Humane fish dispatch tool with stainless steel wire and needle designed to preserve freshness and quality.
How to Ikejime with Shinkei-Jime Fish Spike Wire Tool Set
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Shinkei-Jime Fish Spike Wire Tool Set
Shinkei-Jime, the Art of Destroying Nerve to Extend Freshness
"Shinkei Jime" is the traditional fish killing method used in Japan to both kill and paralyze the fish, and preserve its fresh umami flavor.
How to Use
Put on thick gloves to prevent a live fish from getting burned by heat of hands.
1.
Place a fish on sponge mat to avoid raging.
If fish moves violently:
A) It causes overheating and fish meat get bruised.
B) ATP will be exhausted very quickly.
C) pH of fish meat drops/becomes acidic.
2.
Open a gill cover and sever the gill with scissors. At this time, the fish’s heart is still beating and it makes bleeding smooth. Even after cutting the blood vessel of a gill, the spinal cord is still alive and consuming ATP.
3.
Use the skull penetration tube first, and then send the steel wire from the back of the tube. The wire is led to the neural canal automatically. Push and wiggle the wire toward tail to destroy the spinal cord entirely.
If you do not destroy the spinal cord, it will send electrical impulses mistakenly to muscles after about 30 minutes of severance. Impulses make dead fish rage and remaining blood seep into the tissue. Blood decreases transparency and increases fishy odor.
4.
After death, biochemical reactions progressions in the body damage fish meat in a few minutes. To stop these reactions, put the fish into iced seawater immediately for 5 - 10 min to chill deep into the body. After chilling, keep the fish at 0 - 5 ℃ in a cooler box for producing “Umami”.
Detailed Instructions
1. Stick the spike
Stick the spike into the brain between the eyes* and search for the nerve position. You will know if the stick hit the nerve since the fish will respond to it.
*Spiking point where the fish’s brain is will vary from species to species.
2. Insert the wire
Put the wire through the hole in the spike and penetrate the spinal cord straight on.
During this process the fish will convulse – insert the wire slowly so as not to miss the spinal cord.
You can also use the spike as a venting tool!
Grip handle has a small hole to store the long wire compactly coiled.
Put both the wire and grip handle into both ends of the attached plastic tube and let the wire go through the hollow in the spike. Coil up the wire and put it through the small hole on the grip handle as seen in the diagram.
Contents>>
Wire: Shape-memory stainless steel wire. The wire surface is jaggy for effective destruction.
Plastic tube: For safe storing.
Spike stick: The spike is a guide for smooth penetration of the wire into the nerve.
Material>>
Needle, wire: Stainless steel
Handle: Polystyrene
Plastic tube: Polypropylene
Sizes>>
SHORT Wire: Diameter 1.0 x 220mm, Needle: 50mm
STANDARD Wire: Diameter 1.2 x 460mm, Needle: 50mm
LONG Wire: Diameter 1.2 x 800mm, Needle: 90mm
SUPER LONG Wire1: Diameter 1.2 x 1000mm,
Wire2: Diameter 1.5 x 1300mm, Needle: 180mm
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