Changes to our Logo Implementation

Table of Contents

1. Why are we changing the logo?
2. When are we changing the logo
3. How are we changing the logo?
4. What lines are affected?
5. SWORD-FV10 Example Comparison
6. Questions, Comments and Concerns

Recent revisions to the Food Sanitation Act (shokuhin eiseihō/食品衛生法) in Japan as well as updated social safety standards have led us to pre-emptively change the way we imprint our logo onto our Mono-Steel (zenkō) knives.

Note this does not impact out other knives, where our mark is added via chisel hand-engraving or hammered in with stamps.

While no issues have ever arisen with our painted logos in the past, we take feedback from government authorities and research institutions seriously.

We do this to reflect our commitment to providing tools that our customers can use with confidence for many years to come.

As this is an optional change, our logo appearance will change as our inventory depletes and is replenished. There is no product recall, as this is an optional change on our part.

During this change, you may see both the old and new version of the logo on our knives in store at the same time.

Originally, our logo was imprinted using a durable paint-style ink. You can see this method in our SWORD-FV10 production video on YouTube.

Going forward, our logo will be engraved into the knife instead.

There is no change in the knife's quality or performance

This change will gradually appear in the following lines

• 8A-N Series
• G-LINE Series
• SWORD-FV10 Series
• All Steel Kirameki Series
• VG10 Wa-Handle Series
• Tokko Series

Other lines may also be affected by this change. We will update this news article if that happens.