A Japanese Knife Hand-Forged in Sakai, For (gasp!) Women
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An entrepreneur battles the Blacksmith patriarchy Five years ago around Christmas time, Kamila Hankiewicz was shopping for a Japanese knife to gift her partner. She found the perfect knife, but it was close to $650, a price a bit too steep. She shopped around some more, but the Japanese knives of that quality were all out of her price range. So she did what any entrepreneurial woman does: she decided to try to search for a blacksmith who could make a custom knife for her. But it was a difficult task, searching on Japanese language websites. Eventually she found a blacksmith who hand crafted the knife for her. It was a beautiful gift and it was much cheaper as well. A business idea was born.
A Japanese Knife Hand-Forged in Sakai, For (gasp!) Women
A Japanese Knife Hand-Forged in Sakai, For…
A Japanese Knife Hand-Forged in Sakai, For (gasp!) Women
An entrepreneur battles the Blacksmith patriarchy Five years ago around Christmas time, Kamila Hankiewicz was shopping for a Japanese knife to gift her partner. She found the perfect knife, but it was close to $650, a price a bit too steep. She shopped around some more, but the Japanese knives of that quality were all out of her price range. So she did what any entrepreneurial woman does: she decided to try to search for a blacksmith who could make a custom knife for her. But it was a difficult task, searching on Japanese language websites. Eventually she found a blacksmith who hand crafted the knife for her. It was a beautiful gift and it was much cheaper as well. A business idea was born.