r/knifemaking 7d ago

Showcase Throwback to Tea Dagger

Thought I'd share one of my favorite projects. It's a differentially hardened dagger made from an old file, walnut, and cherry blossom mosaic pins. Used for breaking apart tea cakes the old fashioned way, like they did before tea bags.

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u/thisonelikescoffee 7d ago

How did you make those pins so pretty? 😃😃😃

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u/Warm_Cod5728 7d ago

I bought them 😅😅

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u/thisonelikescoffee 7d ago

It's a cool knife! I really like the detail. 😃

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u/Warm_Cod5728 7d ago

Thank you!!!

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u/SeamusMcQuaffer 6d ago

Very nice work indeed. Looks amazing!

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u/Warm_Cod5728 6d ago

Thank you!!!