This isn’t really a dagger is it? Maybe I should call it a blade? It is based on both an Egyptian Khopesh shape and I photo I found of two different trees grafted together with contrasting bark formations. I wanted to make something out of wood that still seems very green and alive to create a weapon of the forest.
If this feels more whimsical or simply different in tone from the others, that’s mainly because the idea came to me while watching a Disney movie from last summer. I thought this film would be so sweet and fun, and it did have some sweet moments, but halfway through it was scary and sad, and the 100 Acre Wood never looked so spooky and depressing. I thought I needed to design the 100 Acre Wood Dagger: something brutal enough to protect me from the heaviness of that foggy forest, but maybe with a little bit of hope and charm for Pooh.