No plastic. No cold metal. No surface that slips out of wet hands.

The handle of Ray's knife is made from two materials you will never find anywhere else. 

Fossil coral, washed up by the storms onto the beaches of Macquarie Harbour in Tasmania. And timber salvaged piece by piece from the Black Marlin, a trawler that went down in the 1960s.

Every handle is different. Every fragment of coral is unique, every strip of wood has its own grain. You hold the knife in your hand. You feel it settle.

There is the coral's weight, the salt-soaked texture of the wood, and nothing else under your fingers.

The grip holds, even on a cold day, even with wet hands. It never turns in your palm.

A knife you won't leave in a drawer. A knife you pick up every day.