Wāhanga 03 — Te Hua o te Mahi · Craft Economics
Ōnewa Studio · 07 / 12
Te kitenga matua — The takeaway

Ground stone outlives the hand that worked it.

94%
of honed toki resold +18 vs cast

Hand-honed basalt pieces hold their worked sheen across a working life — and a second owner. Cast and coated tools rarely do.

Years in service before retirement · by finish
Honed basalt
41 yr
Lashed haft
29 yr
Bound flax cord
18 yr
Coated steel
11 yr
Cast alloy
7 yr
This is the Māori Volcanic Stone design system, applied by Curio Design — a design-style library for AI agents. Full Māori Volcanic Stone guide → designbycurio.com/learn/maori-basalt-pounamu-stone