Over the years, and for centuries, several blacksmiths in the village developed a reputation for crafting metal, chiefly steel, for swords used in combat and historical battles. Later on, and today, the fabrication is focused mainly on sword replicas and also on innovative cutlery designs as well as table decorations or utilities. Although the craftsmen origins are traceable back to Laotian ancestors from Vientiane, their skill and methods to work the sword materials incorporate several Japanese techniques.

Our products are mainly provided by the most important company in Aranyik belonging to the chief blacksmith of the village. The man is known as Khun Lung Som (Khun for sir or mister, Lung means Uncle yet is a courteous and polite form to call elderly or respectful people, Som is his name). His company's name is Sor Arunyig, a.k.a. S. Aranyik or S.Arunyik.