Tongs are an indispensable item when cooking outdoors, such as when grilling thick-sliced steaks on an iron plate as well as for barbecues. There are many functional tongs on the market, but I haven’t come across many cool tongs that really catch your eye. However, now I found a cool set of tongs with a famous wooded handle!

“FEDECA Clever Tong” (top) Walnut ¥ 3630 / (middle) Multicolor ¥ 4620 / (bottom) Shimonaguri Ipe ¥ 4620

The “FEDECA Clever Tong” is a collaboration between the long-established tool knife maker “Kanzawa Iron Works” (Miki City, Hyogo Prefecture) knife brand “FEDECA” and Todai (Tsubame City, Niigata Prefecture), a Western tableware maker that often serves hotels and restaurants.

Fedeca is a brand that is popular for outdoor knives that use their famous wood for the handle. This tong is based on the hygienic Todai tongs ” Clever tongs” that do not stick to the table no matter how you leave them, fused with the unique wood handle that Fedeca also uses for their knives.

There are 3 types of handles available. “Walnut”, which is one of the three major trees in the world, “Multicolor” with a border pattern that gives off a unique presence, and “Naguri Ipe” which uses a traditional Japanese processing that leaves a unique shaving mark on the highly durable and water resistant ipe material. No matter which handle you choose you can pair with Fedeca knives to create a perfect cooking utensil set.

The “FEDECA Clever Tongs” are on sale at retail stores nationwide, including FEDECA ‘s official website.

■www.fedeca.com/