Hayabusa X-1 Carp Barbless NRB

The X-1 without the barb. Same wide gape, same in-turned eye, same forged bend, and a clean point that goes in easily and comes back out the same way — which is what most fisheries now ask for.

Sizes 10, 8, 6 and 4, ten to a packet. Hayabusa put their NRB non-reflective black coat on it for what they call effortless hooking power, and on a barbless hook that low-friction finish is doing more of the work than it does on a barbed one.

Hayabusa scale drawing: hook profile, European and Japanese size ladders, and how the hook is built
Hayabusa's own scale drawing for this pattern — the profile against a 1cm square, both size ladders, and how the hook is built.