KINTO's Kakomi Pot for Carhartt WIP Still Has No US Date

The KINTO for Carhartt WIP Kakomi ceramic pot has been on sale in Europe since October 3, 2026, and Carhartt WIP still lists the US release as a date to follow. Twenty six days after the European launch, the pot holds 2,500 ml, goes on a flame, in an oven or in a microwave, and ships with a stainless steel steam plate, and nobody in the United States can buy it yet.

New images of the pot arrived on October 29 with credits to kainaito for the photographs and fukami.yoshihiro for styling, and with the same line the brand has used since launch: available now in Europe at Carhartt WIP stores and online, US release date to follow.

Twenty Six Days Between Europe and an Empty US Calendar

Carhartt WIP put the pot on sale in Europe on October 3, 2026 and has attached no US date in the 26 days since. The wording has not changed: Europe now, the United States later, no month and no store named.

The first European report arrived on launch day with the same phrase, and the steam plate follow up on October 13 repeated it. Twenty six days in, the sentence still stands without a date, and the brand has named no store or month for the United States.

KINTO's US Store Already Sells the Standard Pot

American buyers are not without a Kakomi. KINTO's US store lists its standard Kakomi IH Donabe in 2.5 liters, in white and black, at $170.70, and describes a ceramic body that gives off far infrared heat. The Carhartt WIP pot is a separate item: Black/Grey with a graphic print, a Carhartt logo on top, and a stainless steel steam plate in the box. Hypebeast notes it is also dishwasher safe, and calls the pot a heat resistant ceramic and not clay.

So the US wait is for the collaboration, not for the shape. The standard pot is the same size, 2,500 ml, and the dimensions match within about 2 percent: 27.5 by 14.5 by 31.5 cm for the Carhartt WIP version against 11.0 by 5.8 by 12.6 inches on KINTO's US page.

What the Logo Costs in Europe

KINTO Europe sells its standard 2.5 liter Kakomi at 165 euros. The Italian retailer Urban Star Roma lists the Carhartt WIP version at 225 euros, a gap of 60 euros or about 36 percent. That is one retailer set against KINTO's own store, so it is a rough read and not a measured markup.

The steam plate accounts for a large part of that gap if the standard pot is bought without one. KINTO Europe sells plates separately at 32 euros for 180mm and 38 euros for 230mm, which is between a half and two thirds of the 60 euro difference. The logo, the print and the Black/Grey finish would then be priced at somewhere between 22 and 28 euros.

A Water Bottle Came First

This is not the first object KINTO has made with Carhartt WIP. A Carhartt WIP x KINTO water bottle already sells as part of a Carhartt WIP x KINTO collection at ASOS, and KINTO's US journal carries a page on the label. The pot moves the relationship from carrying a drink to cooking a meal.

KINTO describes itself in the announcement as a Japanese lifestyle brand that makes refined everyday items, including water bottles, kitchenware and specialist coffee products, and credits the pot's design to KINTO Japan. Gear Patrol headlined its coverage "Forget Rugged Jackets. Carhartt Now Sells Heritage Cookware" and framed the release through the donabe's centuries old history, and Hypebeast read it as turning a Japanese clay pot into a hardwearing kitchen tool.

Two Credits and a Cookware Brief

The October 29 pictures carry two named credits: photographs by kainaito and styling by fukami.yoshihiro. Neither name appears in earlier coverage of the pot, and no biography for either turned up in a search, so the credits stand as written.

The facts that remain fixed are small and countable. One pot, 2,500 ml, in Europe since October 3, at 225 euros at one Italian retailer against 165 for the standard version, with the American date still to follow after 26 days.