Renewal from “Hand stitching” to “Sewing machine stitching”
Based on the concept of “making soft kendo armor”, it was a stretch armor that started with a focus on “hand stitching”. . .
“Why don’t you make this with a sewing machine?”
Alright, let’s make it with “sewing machine stab” once!
It didn’t take long for me to rush to a Japanese craftsman.
The finished prototype, which was embroidered with a sewing machine, was an ideal stretch armor with both softness surpassing that of pitch embroidering and moderate elasticity.
In addition, I was surprised to find that while maintaining sufficient stretchability, it has a “kosi” that was not sufficient for hand stitching.
Witnessing this result, I felt a strange mixture of emotion and reflection.”Stretch armor must be ‘hand stitched’.”
In this way, we were able to renew KENPRO’s original stretch armor by changing the manufacturing method from “hand-stitched” to “machine-stitched”.
Moreover, with the bonus of significant cost reduction.