Scissors,

a common household item,

that I guess we all take for granted, but for one company in Japan that goes back 4 generations, scissors are almost works of art, Tajika Haruo has been manufacturing handcrafted scissors and shears in their atelier located in Ono, Japan, each piece is forged, tempered, shaped and sharpened by a father and son team, if any of these appeal to you they have a shop, and no I am not on commission, here, just click on to the one you like and details will appear, as an aside they are featured in the store called Nalata Nalata which has lots of cool things as well as scissors, also the staff at Nalata Nalata have a journal that you can follow about the people that work there, which I have to say is a good read and insight to the company that you do not normally see, in each post a company that sells through the store and the people behind it are featured, if you do click on to the link check out the entry on October 26, 2016 by Angelique Chmielewski as it features Tajika Haruo and has some great pictures of their products and of their workshop.