Cute as a button!
Beautiful sewing pins enclosed in a compact cherry-wood box. 30 pins are included, featuring color-coordinated translucent and opaque glass pinheads. Pins are supple yet durable and are manufactured in Hiroshima, a city with a 300-year history of high-quality needle production. Rigorous quality control ensures unified thickness and length of pins and their ability to pierce cloth with ease. The small glass top provides more versatility.
The wooden box is made of cherry wood, which has a beautiful grain and is considered highly durable. The compact box makes it easy to carry around. The belt that holds the wooden box has a shell button in the shape of a flower. Cut from the black-lipped pearl oyster, the shell button is attractive for its glossy luster.
30 Sewing Pins
The glass at the top of the pin comes in 2 types: clear and translucent in the same color.
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Cherry-wood boxDaiwa Sangyo located in Nara was established in 1970 as a manufacturer of wooden medicine cabinets. The company has developed a variety of products that meet the needs of the times, from tub products and wooden boxes that use traditional techniques to pursue new ways of making wooden products and to continue practicing the craft of woodworking.
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Shell buttonsKawanishi Town in Nara Prefecture is the largest producer of shellfish buttons in Japan, even though it is a land without the sea.
The six rivers that flow through the town brought boats from Osaka, and shell button manufacture became an important source of income for people in this town especially during the agriculture off-seasons.
Tomoi was founded here in 1913.Their technology, acquired through years of experience in the manufacturing of shell buttons, has won the trust of the global fashion industry.
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Cohana, located in Japan, designs and creates high quality handmade tools. Each tool is made through collaborations of renowned Japanese artisans, who have have been practicing their craft for many years. While Cohana's tools are beautiful and unique, they are also easy-to-use and practical. By making their products, Cohana hopes to connect traditional techniques and knowledge to the future and revitalize the production regions.
