Origin Handcrafted has created the ultimate utility knife in the TILI (pronounced TILEE). It’s compact and rugged and it’s the last pocket knife you’ll ever need.
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A long standing tradition of creating hardworking minimalist knives has culminated in the creation of the TILI. Featuring a fixed blade structure, the TILI is a strong and durable knife capable of taking care of all of your cutting, scraping, slicing, and opening needs. The TILI is a working knife well suited to excursions outside, a career in the trades, workshops or warehouses, and its design reflects that.
If you’re looking for a practical everyday tool that will stand the test of time then the TILI is for you.
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Utility First
When knives were first created a few million years ago they were nothing more than sharpened rocks. Simple and functional, they were valued for their utility. The TILI was inspired by this simplicity but designed with a modern approach; it's a cutting tool with an uncomplicated beauty that functions like an extension of your hand.
With the TILI, there are no screws, pivots, serrations, clips, locks, or components of any kind. The single piece construction transfers force uniformly from handle to blade, making for a highly effective and surefooted knife. It also makes it exceptionally durable and long lasting. You'll be able to show your grandchild how to keep it sharp, the same way you've been doing it for the lifetime you've had it.
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Features
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• High Carbon Blade Steel - The TILI is made from 1095 high carbon blade steel, a metal known for its sharpness and durability.
• Sheepsfoot Profile - With a relatively flat edge and a descending point, this blade shape is ideally suited to vast majority of cutting tasks.
• Solid Fixed Blade Design - Incredibly rugged and surefooted, a fixed blade knife holds up where folding knives fail.
• Slim and Compact - A small knife is a useful knife. There are few tasks that require a large knife and a small knife can be taken anywhere.
• Handmade Quality - Each knife is meticulously crafted in our workshop. Every detail is carefully thought out and executed with intention.
• Free Lifetime Sharpening - Send your TILI back to us anytime it needs a tune up! Sharpening is a skill worth learning - if you'd like to learn how to do it, get in touch and we can walk you through it.
A little more about the sheath - The TILI's sheaths are highly crafted pieces in their own right. They are each cut and dyed by hand from high quality vegetable tan leather and made to last, just like the knife they hold. With or without the belt loop they provide quick and easy access to your TILI. They clasp the knife securely, yet pulling the leather lanyard easily draws the knife from the sheath. Watch it in action below and take note of the hammered bead add-on ;)
Origin's Story
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Origin Handcrafted Goods is a small family-run business that, as the name suggests, makes unique goods by hand. We are proud to make things that people use; our passion lies in designing products combine visually striking materials with everyday functionality. These heirloom-quality pieces are durable enough to be passed from the hand of one generation to the next. But making exceptional and reliable products by hand in a world that has become used to instantaneous bargains is a challenge. We have to find the people who still value the slower, thoughtful, and enduring things in their lives. We hope you're one of them.![]()
I'm Marc Liss, the visionary and maker of our products. My wife Kayla manages things behind the scenes, and we both fit work between taking care of our little crew of two kiddos, two dogs, and one cat, out in a small rural hamlet in Manitoba, Canada. Together we've slowly grown Origin Handcrafted Goods over the past ten years. We've gone from selling rings out of a cloth bag to family and friends, to running a six-figure online boutique that ships our pieces all over the world, and we're incredibly grateful and excited to wake up and do this every day. ![]()