‘Desk swords’
An essential item for any proper desk! These are paper knives, but fashioned as scaled down knives and swords with an emphasis on striking design and aesthetics and flawless finishing. These are objects of art to decorate a desk, to be handled and played with, and of course, used to open letters. They are not sharp, and are designed to do violence only to letters and bills.
Customs stands, displays and design. No off the shelf items, something unique and personal.
Stainless steel, pattern welded, bronze? Mirror polished, plannished, or high contrast etch? Medieval European, Bronze age Greek, Japanese, Viking, Seax? There is a whole world of designs to use as inspiration.
Focus on fit and finish. Perfect lines, sharp angles, polished surfaces. These desk swords are made to be beautiful objects.
The Wakizashi
A minature Wakizashi. This was the traditional smaller companion to the more famous Katana that formed the Daishō, the pair of swords that Samurai wore. This desk sword comes dressed in a blackwood scabbard and carved hilt, with a Titanum pebble guard and sits on a custom ‘W’ Stand, initialed for the owner.
Hand carved and finished profiled handle.
High polish hand forged carbon steel hardened blade
Felt lined, snug fitting sheath that keeps the blade secure, oiled and protected.
Sunrise over dark mountains
This blade is special. There are none like it, and this one is mine. The blade is san mai nickel and carbon steel. the line in the steel and the contrasting polished and etched parts make the blade look like a mountain range, with the bright sky above. Uniquely, the blackwood saya matches it, with the light sapwood mimicking the pattern in the steel.
The light side
The highly contrasted front side. Both blade and furniture polished to a high shine.
Nickel silver polished fittings, The saya is split with a nickel silver layer and both saya and hilt are terminated with a polished plate.
The dark side
The reverse of the knife is pure dark heartwood, with a blade of black dotted with bright pools.