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Desk Knife: Brass

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$39 $78 In stock

Category: The Desktop

Born from the Japanese kindashi knife but recontextualized for the contemporary workspace, the Brass Desk Knife asks to live among your daily tools. In solid brass that warms to touch and patinas with time, it moves with quiet precision through paper, board, and boxes, then rests peacefully among your pencils.

Craighill works in Brooklyn, navigating the space between industrial process and considered design. Their tools carry the weight of utility without the burden of excess – this knife among them. Each one leaves their workshop as a simple answer to a complex question, solving small problems through objects that last.

Part of our Craighill edit and Making Tools collection.

Customer Reviews (5.0 / 5 · 5 reviews)

Hazel ★★★★★

The brass has already started to develop a subtle patina after just a few weeks, and the weight feels perfectly balanced for letter-opening duty. It’s become the first thing I reach for when I sit down—my exacto knife has been retired to the drawer.

Claire G. ★★★★★

I was skeptical about a knife living on my desk, but after a week of using it to open mail and slice tape, the brass has already started to develop a warm, subtle patina that makes it feel like a permanent part of my workspace. It's surprisingly heavy and solid in the hand, and the way it warms to t

Brian ★★★★★

You know a product is well-made when it feels heavier than it looks—this little brass knife sits perfectly on my desk and the weight alone makes it feel substantial. The way the metal warms up against my fingers when I'm fidgeting with it is oddly satisfying, and it's already starting to pick up a s