2022 was an extraordinary year.
I am deeply grateful to the wet-shaving community and to everyone who has supported OUMO — you have made this year what it was.
This year, we overhauled our production technology and process, transitioning from traditional knot-setting to a hand-tied construction. The result has been a significant elevation in the shaving experience.
Our fifth-anniversary knots — ACE, Meri, Manchuria, Tyrant, and Emperor — sold over 1,200 units, with total knot sales exceeding 2,500. We also sold over 1,000 shaving handles. Perhaps most telling of all, our most dedicated collector acquired over 90 OUMO shaving brushes in a single year.
It has been deeply encouraging to watch OUMO's community grow. Across social platforms, I see more and more people sharing our products — and nothing excites me more than watching collectors build OUMO collections of their own.
Thank you.
In 2023, we will continue to execute on our roadmap.
We will release a second hand-tied synthetic knot. We are currently developing new synthetic fibre alongside our manufacturing partners — customizing the parameters best suited to hand-tied construction and exploring new colors.
We will also continue our classic collections and introduce a new high-end finest two-band series: Origin. It will open up another dimension of performance.
For shaving handles, we will experiment with new materials and surface treatments, introduce more Chinese-inspired designs, and explore some genuinely novel forms.
Most significantly, 2023 will see the launch of a second brand: Urkunet.
Joining me are two master craftsmen — one specialising in Chinese ceramics, the other in CNC machining. Together, we are exploring combinations of diverse crafts and technologies. Expect to see pieces that fuse metal and ceramic.
Our ceramic master will also draw on a range of firing techniques to bring authentic Chinese ceramic craft to the community.
Finally, we have begun to explore safety razors — a project we have been discussing for two years. We will only enter this category when we are confident we can produce something exceptional.
Thank you, again.