Many means can be done by people to survive. As long as there are strong will and patience, success can be achieved. Harjono, for example, who processes remnants of stainless steel into kitchen knife.
The abundance of steel and stainless steel remnants from factories are often thrown away and not used optimally. seeing the opportunity, Harjono pioneered the business of kitchen knife from the remnants of factory steel and stainless steel. Thanks to his patience and perseverance, Harjono’s kitchen knives have been marketed in several cities in java and Bali, and even Kalimantan. With his three employees, Harjono can make approximately four hundred knives daily.
Types of kitchen knife vary depends on size. A knife of the smallest size is sold for two thousand rupiahs apiece, while the largest is sold up to fifty thousand rupiahs. These stainless steel knives last long because they don’t get rusty easily. To expand his business, Harjono has started to develop farming tool business, from iron remnants which is combined with steel.
