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The name is representative of a style, not a geographic location
And if it is a xenophobic comment, I'm xenophobic against myself. I'm half Chinese. This has to do with marketers trying to fool gullible people. Just like Kamikoto or Okami, Japanese names, MADE IN communis China, NOT in Japan. And believe me, I have made comments about them too. This is NOT against Apogee, even though their employees seem to be making it about them. At least two of the profiles are Apogee employees. Apogee employees in this thread are acting like pundits on the news (on BOTH sides) telling half-truths and changing subjects to confuse and to obfuscate. Why not call it a pretty Chinese name? How about four pillars of destiny or red roof temple? Why try to pretend it's Japanese?
For the same reason that several people here try to hide the fact they work for Apogee? There are plenty of pretty Chinese names! If you're not ashamed, why try to hide the fact? Why do you have other people from the same company, or the same guy wiith multiple profiles have to "like" you comments? It's weak when people do it on FB and it's probably dishonest IF you're pretending to be a potential customer to other potential customers!
And if you want to claim I'm xenophobic for calling out a misleading name, I think someone else is xenophobic for thinking all Asian are alike.
I personally own bout 10 apogee bamboo knife covers and I own several apogee dragons and several apogee/chef works "sky" knives. Prior to seeing their posts here, I was very impressed by the company. Now, less so because of hiding behind fake profiles
I mean fair, my ethnicity is completely chinese, I also understand even chinese people are not the biggest fans of chinese made products. This knife's design doesn't match any chinese design, so it would be inappropriate to call it with a chinese name. As china's history spans millennium, so does Chinese making knives, out of the things I hate about china, knvies is not one and neither is tea. Knives and tea, I trust and heck they have definitely improved heaps on quality over the last couple years.
Also as a Chinese person speaking fluent Chinese I rather not have either of those names on a knife. I think Takumi is fine as it is. speaking of which the word 工/匠 means the same thing as it is in Chinese, but just sounds cooler imo :>
That said, I would still think they chose to use the work Takumi to keep with the Japanese style of the knife. I don't speak Japanese, but Google tells me that word means "artisan". Personally I'm not so bothered by the use of a japanese phrase (nor do I feel duped, no one has hidden the fact that this is produced in China), I find it more peculiar that a mass produced blade being put out by a big manufacturing plant is calling anything it churns out "artisan" (def: a worker in a skilled trade, especially one that involves making things by hand) lol
I've seen many positive reviews of the Apogee stuff, but quite frankly I've been a bit turned off by every bit of marketing I've seen from them since researching for the first chef knife collaboration here (not to mention many of the claims and comments in posts by the company here). I'm curious though, why you believe there are fake accounts here swaying the conversations? "At least two of the profiles are Apogee employees", based on? Are you referring to any two in particular, or just saying there must be more than one?
Again, legit question. It's a bold claim, would like to hear more that might convince others that it's an accurate one.
I still ordered one but it is a bit disturbing the way some of the marketing is handled here with products recently. For example not placing "made in China" in the product description anywhere but mentioning "Japanese tradition/cutlery" 4 times. Says a lot about where Massdrop's mind is.