Oku is a new knife design carefully produced in collaboration with highly skilled craftspeople in Tsubame-Sanjo, an area in Niigata Prefecture, Japan, renowned for its metalworking history for over 400 years.

Influenced by traditional Japanese place settings and arrangement, the design has a unique folded handle that elevates its function, allowing it to interact with objects on the table in new ways. 

Winner, Homeware Design of the Year 2022, Dezeen

• Oku butter knife | high corrosion-resistant stainless steel | Size: 170x20.5x15.5mm approx.

 • Wooden board | Domestically sourced with urethane coating (Japanese Sakura or Hinoki Cypress) | Size: 170x95x13mm approx. 

Oku’s wooden board is made in collaboration with Karimoku Furniture, Japan's leading wooden furniture manufacturer in terms of quality and technology. The board sustainably incorporates domestic wood off-cuts underutilised in furniture making. Oku's sets offer seasonal woods, expressing the beauty and variety of Japan's forests while showcasing each wood's unique properties and history