What does "HAGIRE" in the pencil cap description mean?
Sometimes shoppers wonder what feature of the product is indicated by an unfamiliar word in the pencil cap's name.
"Hagire" means leftover scraps remaining after cutting, referring to a series that revives leather remnants left over from manufacturing into new items.
Hagire refers to scrap pieces left after cutting fabric or leather. Kakimori has been continuing the "Hagire Project," which makes new items from remnant scraps that naturally occur during the process of producing notebooks or small accessories[1]. This pencil cap is also a product from the HAGIRE series, completed by gathering leather scraps left over from making other products[2].
Even though it is just one small cap, the producer's name is specified for each manufacturing process. The cutting process of stamping the leather along the mold was handled by Marugami Co., Ltd. (株式会社丸上), and the assembly to complete the shape was handled by Nami Kitamura (北村奈充)[3].
The material is untreated natural leather, allowing it to be widely fitted onto pencils ranging from regular pencils to thicker pencils[4][5]. Because natural leather has flexible fiber tissue, it gradually forms to the thickness of the pencil body as you use it. However, due to the nature of the material, color may fade or transfer to other surfaces if subjected to strong friction or moisture, so it should be kept dry[6].
It has not yet been confirmed which specific Kakimori product's manufacturing process generated the leather scraps used in the HAGIRE series pencil cap.
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HAGIRE Pencil Cap Navy
Measurements
| Part | Value |
|---|---|
| 무게 | 4g |