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Every gentleman's desk needs a classy letter opener. Even better if you can refurbish a vintage piece like this one ... I got it for 1€ and made a nice leather handle for it.

 

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Adam

 

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Beautiful! :drool:

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Nice work.

This is the accessory on my writing desk which perhaps gets the most use - endless opening cutting and fiddling jobs tackled every day.

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Very nice looking letter opener, and a lovely handle you made to get the opener back in use. What is the blade made of, Polyhistor? On my screen, it looks like some sort of wood with a very nice grain, but that could just be reflection....

 

I am not a gentleman, but here is a picture of my letter opener; Georg Jensen Cactus Pattern, the handle is sterling silver, despite what the photo makes it look like - definitely a reflection:

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It was my mother's, used by her almost daily from before I was even born, so I grew up with it and it has a lot of sentimental value as well as being quite beautiful, IMHO, but your letter opener is unique and it is very cool that, in part, you designed and made it!

 

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Here is mine in Golden Pearl next to my Vac Standard Golden Pearl.

 

 

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Those are some nice openers! I use a cheap staples brand opener, jealous!

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Wow, pakmanpony, that is a beauty, too!

 

I did a search, but found nothing: Did Parker make letter openers - or is that your Frankenopener that you put together(somehow)? Very,very cool, either way.

 

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Thanks for the lovely comments, everyone! Been more or less afk for the weekend, so I'm a bit late in saying thanks.

 

You guys have some great letter openers there! I'm getting envious. :) OakIris & beak, yours are so different in style yet equally appealing. Hard to beat that handle. It just oozes vintage vibes.

 

OakIris, mine is actually made of metal. The pattern in the pic is just a reflection. Maybe I ought to make one of wood, though ... thanks for the inspiration! :)

 

pakmanpony, yours reminds me of a Fairbairn–Sykes combat knife – you only need to show that to a letter in order to make it open itself, right? ;)

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I've found a few at estate sales. Though nothing really neat or interesting.

But some of the letter openers I have are like the steak knives at restaurants...DULL.

I have two that I have to put on a grinder to get anything like an edge on it. They are like pieces of metal with no edge beveling.

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I must confess that I use a pocket knife to open mail. It's not quite the right shape for the task but manages okay anyway. On the plus side it is a Lionsteel Occam friction folder with olive wood scales. One of only 50 ever made (and somehow I have ended up with two of the beggars!).

 

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Wow guys (and Gals) - puts me to shame (I use an old butter knife that belonged to my Grandad).

 

Looking at some of these I feel a sideline to pens coming on....

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I simply use my ancient Buck hunting knife.

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I like your letter opener, Sadiq. Simple yet elegant. How large is it? For some reason, I have the feeling that it is small but very efficient. lol

 

Using a pocket knife works, too; yours is especially pretty, Cryptos, and I bet that olive wood warms nicely in the hand.

 

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