Katori Atelier began out of a clear dissatisfaction with the compromises of modern cutting boards. Traditional wooden boards cracked along glue joints, harbored garlic odors, and could never face the high heat of a dishwasher. Plastic boards shed visible shavings into chopped vegetables, gouged easily under sharp steel, and trapped dark mildew inside deep cuts. We wanted a food preparation surface that was dense, non-reactive, and cleanable without harsh chemicals.
We chose commercially pure Grade 1 titanium for its unique metallurgical balance. It is ductile enough to preserve knife edges, dense enough to block juices and oils from soaking in, and structurally stable under extreme water temperatures. In our Tacoma workshop on Pacific Avenue, we mill raw titanium plates, ease each corner by hand, and run every unit across a granite flat plate to confirm zero wobble before it leaves our care.
We operate directly with home cooks and working chefs, avoiding retail middlemen and artificial markup. Orders placed before our daily 15:00 cut-off are wrapped securely with protective paper corner-guards and dispatched through tracked couriers. We take full responsibility for our craftsmanship, standing behind our 30-day return policy for unused boards in original condition.
