Balance between personnel and management (3) (Continued from last time) Frankly speaking, I think I lost sight of my goals and became tired of being a player. Because of this situation, I decided to gradually entrust my staff with tasks … Read More
Balance between personnel and management (2) (Continued from last time) I was so busy with my own work day in and day out that I didn’t have time to worry about how the rest of the staff was doing, and … Read More
Balance between personnel and management (1) When I launched Konosuke in 2006, I wanted to create everything related to branding by myself, so while I left some of the manufacturing to my employees, I did everything else myself, including product … Read More
Simple dust collector for leather sheath production In a previous article, we reported that “we are considering installing a dustproof box for finishing work on the edges of leather sheaths. I then asked the staff about this, and she told … Read More
Cutting out leather sheaths As we reported in our articles up to yesterday, with conventional saya becoming increasingly difficult to arrange (and with pinless saya still in need of improvement), we are introducing leather sheath to dealers who have ordered … Read More
The impetus for the manufacture of pin-less saya (3) (Continued from last time) This last issue was the biggest barrier to the continued sale of conventional sayas. Problem 4 ; Saya prices do not go up. ピンレスサヤ製造のきっかけ(3) （前回からの続き） 従来のサヤを継続して販売するにあたり、一番大きな障壁となったのが最後のこの問題です。 問題④；サヤの価格が上がらない … Read More
The impetus for the manufacture of pin-less saya (2) (Continued from last time) The conventional saya we have been offering for more than 10 years since the launch of Konosuke, but behind the scenes we have had so many problems. … Read More
The impetus for the manufacture of pin-less saya (1) When we launched Konosuke in 2006, most of our customers were Japanese, and it was rare for them to purchase saya (sheath) together. However, a few years later, when we started … Read More
Current status of this Membership Program As you may know from reading this text, I am starting to write a few articles before the official announcement of the membership site. The two main reasons for this are as follows. ①To … Read More
Shrinkage of dust collection hose We have had a dust collector installed in our polishing shop for five or six years, but one of our staff members told us, “We are having trouble with the noise”. He said that the … Read More