Feedback directly from customers (1) The other day, a customer visited our gallery. He has already purchased a number of higher-priced items from us on past visits, but he came back to our gallery with a question like, ‘Do you … Read More
“Kiri-mei” by young staff (3) When I asked her to start with a Kiri-mei (engraving) on a prototype of a limited-quantity Konosuke knife, she was still a little delegated at first, and a little nervousness was evident in the lettering. … Read More
“Kiri-mei” by young staff (2) Until then, this femail staff has mainly been engaged in tasks such as “quality inspection of knives before boxing” and “planning of shipping,” but a few years ago, I suggested that she takes on the … Read More
“Kiri-mei” by young staff (1) In the traditional “Sakai knife making by division of labor system”, one of the jobs of a company called “wholesaler”, to which we belong and which is responsible for the final process after the handle … Read More
Subsequent status of young craftsman B Our young craftsman (the second person in charge of sharpening), whom we introduced in our articles 【No.6】,【No.7】, and【No.8】, is still continuing basic practice, and has reached a level where he can ship knives in … Read More
Collaboration with a new blacksmith (7) We have received the first sample from the new blacksmith we posted earlier. (Past articles are【No.38】～【No.43】) 新たな鍛冶屋さんとの協業 (7) 以前ご紹介した『新たな鍛冶屋さん』より、第一弾サンプルが届きました。 （過去記事は【No.38】～【No.43】） Members-only content from this point forward. You can apply for membership here. Click here … Read More
Awareness of leather sheath and major change of heart (2) Behind the worldwide boom of Japanese knives, we have been suffering for a long time. 革サヤの認知度と心境の大きな変化 (2) 世界規模での日本製包丁のブームの裏で、僕達はずっと苦しんでいました。 Members-only content from this point forward. You can apply for membership here. … Read More
Awareness of leather sheath and major change of heart (1) We started making leather sheath a few months ago, and thanks to your support, more and more people are gradually choosing them.When we first started making them, few people showed … Read More
Background for determining the details of the gap between machi and handle(2) Related to yesterday’s article, there was a time when we shipped knives with “no machi gaps” for a while.This is just a backstory, but please bear with me. … Read More
Background for determining the details of the gap between machi and handle(1) I would like to respond to a question submitted by a member today.When I launched Konosuke in 2006, I referred to various knives from other companies and paid … Read More