Handmade or Machine-made?
We aim to design products that reflect a certain level of refinement and style using CNC machines and other high-tech processes. In other words have developed a balance between machine-made and handmade, and every series we produce requires a unique combination of the two. Therefore, our products are going to be unique.
Technically, our products are factory products but we strive for custom made quality as much as possible.
Times have changed since the days of hand-forged samurai blades. The number of highly skilled craftsmen has been declining for decades now, and there are fewer and fewer young knife makers training to take their place. Faced with this challenge, we have created a double edged strategy: to encourage the development of this next generation of craftsmen (we hire and train young design and engineering school graduates) while taking full advantage of all the new technology and processes available to us.
