DIY Chopsticks,

I had never heard of them before,

 until now, for more than 100 years, a town in Nara Prefecture has been using leftover, high-quality cypress wood from the home construction process to create disposable chopsticks, but even in this process there are leftovers: slices of wood called hamidashimono that were simply collected and burned, so a team of designers worked with local craftspeople to up cycle these leftovers to create an izakaya-grade DIY chopstick set,

 the kit comes complete with everything you need,

 as well as 50 x Hamidashimono sticks you will receive in the kit a Higonokami Superior Brass whittling knife, sand paper, a chopstick holder and Ue Washi Koubou hand made paper bands for the wrapping chopsticks in prior to use,

and it is all rounded off in an indigo dyed tenugui, apparently whittling a single pair of chopsticks good enough for eating takes about fifteen minutes — and is the ideal pre-dinner activity over good conversation and a glass of sake, or two, just keep the plasters handy!