Takahashi City, North of Okayama City, in the beautiful countryside of Okayama prefecture is home to Otsuki Takeshi-san, sole craftsperson and owner of Otsuki knives, meticulously transforms blocks of solid metal into refined blades, forging, sharpening, and assembling each knife by hand. These pieces offer intuitive beauty, form, and functionality designed for purpose. Otsuki-san also specialises in making farming tools such as sickles & spears for Gobo (Japanese burdock), lotus root, peeling wild nuts, and pruning stone fruit trees in winter.