Skeleton KeyDamascus Bone-Handle Tea Knife

A pu-erh tea knife with a Damascus-pattern steel blade and a bone handle, for prying compressed cakes, bricks and tuo into leaves without crushing them. Every knife is a little different: the blade shape, the bone and the coloured rings on the handle vary, so choose the handle style you like from the photos.

Semi-handmade, which means small differences in size and bone colour from the pictures are normal. Photographed with a brown tooled-leather sheath.

Handle: bone with coloured spacer rings and brass-coloured fittings, depending on the style. Use: slide the tip in at the edge of the cake, lever gently along the layers and lift a piece off.

Wipe the blade dry after use. The blade is sharp.

Adults only; keep it in the sheath when not in use. Pre-order: price $60 for any style.

We order the one you pick and email you as soon as it arrives.