Craighill Desk Knife Stainless

Description

A person’s desk is a highly personal and often sacred space. It’s where many of us are planted for hours every day, attending to our work.

The only near-given in the contemporary deskscape is the computer, the defining tool of our age. But there are a few other items we’ve found object-conscious people often carefully consider in crafting their work environment. Items like the pen, the notebook, the calculator, and the cutting tool. These are the four physical objects we reach for again and again in the course of a day. 

Scissors are awkward for opening boxes, letter openers are dull, and pocket knives belong in your pocket. The tool Craighill desired was something different.

Drawing inspiration from the Japanese kiridashi knife, Craighill set out to make something elemental and functional, but with a form factor more closely related to a writing tool. They drew on experience designing and manufacturing the unique Ripple Bottle Opener, starting with ⅝” round stainless bar stock and working with a subtractive process to cut material away. They first notched the material at ½” intervals to provide grip — and allow the knife to double as a quick visual ruler — then made two compound cuts to create the cutting edge. The flat ground edge is easy to maintain, meaning it’s simple to hone if you ever need it razor sharp.