KS-01 Development background (2) Later, we were fortunate to have several new staff members who agreed with our company’s policies. At the beginning, we had not yet made concrete plans to establish a new sharpening process, so we had them … Read More
KS-01 Development background (1) Over the past 10 years, Japanese kitchen knives have become increasingly popular around the world, and the craftspeople who were commissioned to make them have become extremely busy, making it impossible to prepare knives with the … Read More
Building a team that covers your weak areas (2) We are still very inexperienced in sharpening, so we continue to do research by hand every day. We are also exploring how to teach newcomers, but we believe that after teaching … Read More
Building a team that covers your weak areas (1) When I look back on the work I have done and analyze it objectively, I think I find it very rewarding to take on challenges that no one has ever done … Read More
T-shirt production, second sample Unable to receive sufficient quantities of knives from craftspeople, we are exploring various possibilities to challenge the sharpening process ourselves and even the forging process in the future. At the same time, we are constantly looking … Read More
Making molds for leather sheath In a previous post, we reported that we were considering the use of a die-cut and press to improve the efficiency of “cutting out saya shapes from large leather fabrics”. However, as a result of … Read More
Attitude toward work that takes shape in the form of I believe that whether or not we put our heart and soul into our work will be visible in every aspect of our work. I think it is the same … Read More
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