Journal

Kyoto Knife Show — Seeing the Gap, Confirming the Path

Kyoto Knife Show — Seeing the Gap, Confirming t...

Attending the Kyoto Knife Show this year was not an easy experience for us. Rather than simply presenting our work, it became a moment of facing reality. Kyoto carries a...

Kyoto Knife Show — Seeing the Gap, Confirming t...

Attending the Kyoto Knife Show this year was not an easy experience for us. Rather than simply presenting our work, it became a moment of facing reality. Kyoto carries a...

Design Is Not About Solving More Problems

Designing a knife often starts with a familiar expectation:solve as many problems as possible upfront. Stronger materials, more complex mechanisms, broader functionality—in the short term, these choices are easy to...

Design Is Not About Solving More Problems

Designing a knife often starts with a familiar expectation:solve as many problems as possible upfront. Stronger materials, more complex mechanisms, broader functionality—in the short term, these choices are easy to...

From Blueprint to Steel

From Blueprint to Steel

How an independent maker builds an SG2 knife These knives are designed by me.Every knife begins with my own drawings. How I think about design To me, design is not...

From Blueprint to Steel

How an independent maker builds an SG2 knife These knives are designed by me.Every knife begins with my own drawings. How I think about design To me, design is not...

Haoworks is Coming to the 2025 Kobe Knife Show!

Haoworks is Coming to the 2025 Kobe Knife Show!

Event Date: March 1, 2025Location: Kobe, Japan Haoworks is excited to showcase our latest knife collection at the 2025 Kobe Knife Show—a significant milestone for our brand in Japan. We...

Haoworks is Coming to the 2025 Kobe Knife Show!

Event Date: March 1, 2025Location: Kobe, Japan Haoworks is excited to showcase our latest knife collection at the 2025 Kobe Knife Show—a significant milestone for our brand in Japan. We...

Mokume-gane: The Perfect Fusion of Metal Art and Practicality

Mokume-gane: The Perfect Fusion of Metal Art an...

n the world of high-end knives and jewelry design, there is a unique metalworking technique that fuses different metals together to create mesmerizing woodgrain-like patterns—this is Mokume-gane. Originating in Japan,...

Mokume-gane: The Perfect Fusion of Metal Art an...

n the world of high-end knives and jewelry design, there is a unique metalworking technique that fuses different metals together to create mesmerizing woodgrain-like patterns—this is Mokume-gane. Originating in Japan,...