Our Story
In a small woodworking shop on the outskirts of town, an elderly craftsman often said: "A good tool should be like an old friend—one that stays with you through ten, twenty years of work." This sentence became the very starting point of Kaelox.
We’ve seen too many such scenes: a garden shear that snaps its spring after just six months of use, a handsaw that still gets stuck with wood shavings even after three repairs. In the end, these "broken tools" end up in the trash, becoming waste waiting to be disposed of. Yet making a new tool requires more wood, more metal, and releases more carbon emissions. It was then that we thought: If we could make tools a little more durable, wouldn’t that mean less wasted resources and a little less burden on nature?
So, for Kaelox’s first garden shear, we adjusted the thickness of the blade steel over and over again—after 2,000 opening-and-closing tests, it still stayed sharp. For our first woodworking handsaw, we added a reinforced layer at the joint between the handle and the blade, so it wouldn’t loosen even after years of pushing and pulling. We never set out to make "flashy tools"; we focused only on "tools that last." We added rust-resistant ceramic coatings to our outdoor tools, letting them stand up to wind and rain. For household tools, we made non-slip rubber handles, so even elderly users could hold them securely.
Later, we received a message from a customer: The Kaelox pruning shear he bought three years ago was still helping him trim the cherry tree in his yard this spring. "A few branches froze and broke last winter," he wrote, "but this shear let me prune them carefully—and this year, the tree is full of fruit again." It turns out that durable tools aren’t just "cost-saving." They also stay with people, witnessing the small moments of life, while reducing the waste from "replacing old tools with new ones." They’re like a slow-growing tree—never in a hurry to bloom or bear fruit, but leaving more meaningful traces over time.Today, Kaelox is still doing the same thing: treating every tool as a "friendly companion to nature." We don’t chase rapid product iterations; we only polish the details that stand the test of time. We don’t waste excess materials—even the leftover metal scraps from production are collected and recycled. Because we know: When a tool can stay with a user for five, ten years, and when it finally completes its mission, it won’t become a pile of "useless junk." Instead, through "long-term companionship," it quietly reduces the strain on nature.Just like the flowers you plant in your garden—you don’t need to change their variety every day. With careful care, they bloom year after year. Kaelox’s tools only want to stay with you quietly as you work, walking slowly with nature.