Katije

The craft

Every material earns its place.

We don’t do disposable plastic.

Five parts, nothing hidden - the material you see is the material doing the work.

Two walnut handles side by side - no two grains alike

No two handles share a grain.

A hand gripping The Chaser's walnut handle at the steel ferrule

01 · Hold

Solid walnut

Used in gunstocks and fine furniture for centuries - it absorbs shock without cracking, and doesn’t warp with humidity or heat. Oil-finished to bring out the grain, not hide it under lacquer.
The Chaser laid out on canvas beside dried pampas, its cord looped

02 · Reach

Pultruded fibreglass

Continuous glass fibres pulled through resin and a heated steel die - the fibres never break, so the rod is stiff, flexible, and virtually unsnappable. 10× stronger than PVC, 75% lighter than steel.
The lockable split ring and lobster clasp at the rod tip

03 · Turn

Three barrel swivels

Borrowed from fishing tackle - the same barrel swivel anglers use to stop line twist under tension. The Chaser carries three, so the lure spins free without winding up the cord.
The spare Dyneema cord coiled aside, the Wren clipped to the rod tip

04 · Line

Dyneema cord

The world’s strongest fibre - 15× stronger than steel by weight. It doesn’t absorb water, resists UV, won’t fray like nylon or tangle like wire.
Macro of the Wren - the clasp, the cord whipping and the pheasant barring

05 · Catch

The Wren

Feathers chosen for how they move in the air, not how they look on a shelf. The aesthetics are for you - your cat just wants to catch it.

A closer look

Simple at a glance. Resolved up close.

Dyneema cord
15×stronger than steel, by weightDyneema cord
Fibreglass rod
10×stronger than PVCFibreglass rod
Black walnut
1,010lbf Janka hardnessBlack walnut