"HADO, on the road of blades.
‘Sado’ (茶道, tea ceremony), ‘kado’ (華道 flower arrangement), ‘kyudo’ (弓道, Japanese archery), ‘do’ (道) is a word which represents road and also refers to the attitude of Japanese artisans going back and forth on the same road while making steady progress. Step by step, we are aiming at the highest quality.
Hado, which means the road of ‘ha’ (刃, blades). is the brand name for the knives crafted by Fukui Co & Ltd.
It was the first time for Fukui to produce in-house knives in 109 years. Therefore, Hado symbolizes our resolution to walk on the road of blades in the next 100 years.
One day in 2015, Maruyama, who was in charge of sales and warehouse management at that time, said to Ryuichiro Fukui, the chairman, ‘I want to quit this job to be a knife sharpener’. Surprisingly, Fukui said to Maruyama ‘Train yourself outside and come back after about three years. During the training, we pay your salary’. In fact, Fukui had been feeling the desire to begin the in-house production of knives for a long time. Maruyama followed Fukui’s suggestion and set out on a three-year training, while the company started to prepare for the establishment of an in-house atelier.
In the spring of 2019, the in-house atelier opened when Maruyama entered the third year of his training. Motonari Fukui, the president and the son of the chairman, said ‘This atelier awoke our DNA as a knife seller. The day Maruyama confided his ambition to be an artisan was the turning point of our company in the history of more than 100 years. I want him to be the symbol of this company.’ Following the completion of the atelier and Maruyama’s challenge, the brand of in-house crafted knives, Hado, was born. In this way, Fukui Co & Ltd started to walk on the road of blades, repeating and improving the same process to pursue the highest quality."" -HADO
