Turning leftover offcuts into Taiwan-designed stationery for everyday use

When a log is cut up, the wide boards can become furniture, but strips less than 3 cm wide are usually treated as waste in the workshop. One of WKidea's starting points is raising the material yield of every log: the Wood and Work Stationery series starts from these narrow pieces and turns them into pens, utility knife handles and desk accessories, so good wood is not thrown away just because it is small.

WKidea was founded in 2011. This series is mainly made from Taiwan domestic woods such as Taiwan hinoki, Taiwan incense cedar and Taiwan mahogany, along with imported lignum vitae and ebony, and the only surface finish is natural beeswax.

Designed in Taiwan, CNC-cut from small pieces of wood

Narrow pieces of wood leave no room to improvise a shape; it has to be worked out at the design stage. WKidea's own designs are 3D-modeled in Autodesk Fusion, CNC-cut by subtractive machining, then hand-sanded and waxed. No injection molding is used.

Blades and ink get used up; the wood stays with you

Sustainability is not only about which wood is used, but also about how long a piece of stationery lasts. We make the consumable parts replaceable, so the wooden parts can keep going.

The utility knives use original OLFA, SDI and NT bodies with replaceable blades; the Island Wood Rollerball Pen uses a SCHMIDT 888F refill, and the Island Wood Fountain Pen takes a SCHMIDT converter or standard European ink cartridges.

From pens to knives, choose by use

Material: Taiwan hinoki, Taiwan incense cedar, mahogany, lignum vitae, ebony and other solid woods. WKidea Wood and Work Stationery: solid wood fountain pens and rollerball pens, solid wood handle utility knives with OLFA / SDI / NT bodies, pen rests and pen holder trays. Pieces with natural cracks or from past seasons are repriced in our Sustainable Selection so they can stay in use.