Author: Nexy
Subject: FASTEST BLADE CHALLENGE!!
Posted: 12/20/2014 at 4:44am
Before releasing "AKRASIA", I prepared one article how I developed NEXY blade design. It will be divided into three parts (three generations), and after three parts were done, I will tell you what is the main feature of 'AKRASIA' considering the whole contents of the article.
This article will be shared with "NEXY designer's diary" thread, too.
-------------------------------------------------------------------
NEXY’S BLADE DESIGN HISTORY
Nexy’s web domain is very simple and easy to remember.
It’s difficult to find a good four-letter domain name for a brand these days.
I bought and registered the domain back in 2002.
I dreamt of opening a new brand with that name for many years, and finally in 2009, I launched www.Nexy.com.
1. FIRST GENERATION
My original idea for Nexy blades was much different than it is today.
I had been a Tibhar agent since 2007 and a Stiga agent since 2010.
I had the opportunity to study hundreds of good quality blades.
However, when I first began Nexy’s blade line I stopped studying blades and began analyzing my findings.
I focused on creating something very different from the blade line of those two brands.
I wanted Nexy to produce different blades rather than better blades.
If I tried to make better blades, then I would have been studying, upgrading, and copying part of Tibhar and Stiga’s original designs, which is something I was careful not to do!
Nexy’s first-generation had to be different; it had to be unique.
Therefore, I did not copy and improve other company’s blades; I created my own from scratch.
Nexy’s First-Generation (also called “The First Wave”) was born.
I aimed it to be incomparable to other brands.
I organized the blade design into five categories:
1. 5-ply, with Hinoki surface. Fastest ever 5-ply blade – DEXTER
2. 5-ply, with Hinoki surface with good feeling and a heavy touch – COLOR
3. Hinoki carbon blade with a natural feeling – HANNIBAL
4. Hinoki arylate carbon blade with a natural feeling – OSCAR
5. Other blades: Hinoki Japanese penholder blades
– ISKANDAR and TEMUJIN; Hinoki one-ply shakehand blade – LAUREL; Handmade carbon blade – SAHARA.
I tried to make those blades unique and I often used a Hinoki surface, partly because European brands did not have the top quality Hinoki, which separated Nexy blades from the two other brands.
I carefully studied carbon material. At that time, blade designers categorized carbon layers into either hard or soft carbon.
Hard carbon was Butterfly’s main material, while Stiga used soft carbon.
I tested many different types of carbon and arylate carbon layers.
I adopted a very light, but powerful carbon and arylate carbon layer for Hannibal and Oscar.
They provided a good feeling along with high speed and power.
After several months, Nexy’s first-generation blades were completed.
I was somewhat satisfied, but I felt something big was missing.
The blades were good, but not unique! They weren’t much different from other brands’ blades.
I thought deeply and questioned my intention and purpose for blade designing — And I would soon discover it!
(will be continued soon)
Edited by Nexy - 2 hours 15 minutes ago at 4:45am
Subject: FASTEST BLADE CHALLENGE!!
Posted: 12/20/2014 at 4:44am
Before releasing "AKRASIA", I prepared one article how I developed NEXY blade design. It will be divided into three parts (three generations), and after three parts were done, I will tell you what is the main feature of 'AKRASIA' considering the whole contents of the article.
This article will be shared with "NEXY designer's diary" thread, too.
-------------------------------------------------------------------
NEXY’S BLADE DESIGN HISTORY
Nexy’s web domain is very simple and easy to remember.
It’s difficult to find a good four-letter domain name for a brand these days.
I bought and registered the domain back in 2002.
I dreamt of opening a new brand with that name for many years, and finally in 2009, I launched www.Nexy.com.
1. FIRST GENERATION
My original idea for Nexy blades was much different than it is today.
I had been a Tibhar agent since 2007 and a Stiga agent since 2010.
I had the opportunity to study hundreds of good quality blades.
However, when I first began Nexy’s blade line I stopped studying blades and began analyzing my findings.
I focused on creating something very different from the blade line of those two brands.
I wanted Nexy to produce different blades rather than better blades.
If I tried to make better blades, then I would have been studying, upgrading, and copying part of Tibhar and Stiga’s original designs, which is something I was careful not to do!
Nexy’s first-generation had to be different; it had to be unique.
Therefore, I did not copy and improve other company’s blades; I created my own from scratch.
Nexy’s First-Generation (also called “The First Wave”) was born.
I aimed it to be incomparable to other brands.
I organized the blade design into five categories:
1. 5-ply, with Hinoki surface. Fastest ever 5-ply blade – DEXTER
2. 5-ply, with Hinoki surface with good feeling and a heavy touch – COLOR
3. Hinoki carbon blade with a natural feeling – HANNIBAL
4. Hinoki arylate carbon blade with a natural feeling – OSCAR
5. Other blades: Hinoki Japanese penholder blades
– ISKANDAR and TEMUJIN; Hinoki one-ply shakehand blade – LAUREL; Handmade carbon blade – SAHARA.
I tried to make those blades unique and I often used a Hinoki surface, partly because European brands did not have the top quality Hinoki, which separated Nexy blades from the two other brands.
I carefully studied carbon material. At that time, blade designers categorized carbon layers into either hard or soft carbon.
Hard carbon was Butterfly’s main material, while Stiga used soft carbon.
I tested many different types of carbon and arylate carbon layers.
I adopted a very light, but powerful carbon and arylate carbon layer for Hannibal and Oscar.
They provided a good feeling along with high speed and power.
After several months, Nexy’s first-generation blades were completed.
I was somewhat satisfied, but I felt something big was missing.
The blades were good, but not unique! They weren’t much different from other brands’ blades.
I thought deeply and questioned my intention and purpose for blade designing — And I would soon discover it!
(will be continued soon)
Edited by Nexy - 2 hours 15 minutes ago at 4:45am