NCC Knives Grapnel Tactical Paperweight, Horned Red, Billet 6061-T6 Aluminum, Made in USA (NCC-GRAPNEL-RED-HORNED)

For the windiest of days, you need the most POWERFUL paperweight American manufacturing is capable of producing. This one has horns.

Most paperweights are glass. Glass breaks. Glass has never once held a stack of invoices against a serious gust coming through an open shop window, and glass has absolutely never been machined from a solid billet of aircraft aluminum by a knife company.

The Grapnel has. The Horned Grapnel did not stop there.

Specifications

• Model: Grapnel, Horned
• Material: 6061-T6 aluminum, machined from solid billet
• Finish: Red
• Top Profile: Horned
• Weight: 4.4 oz
• Primary Application: Paperweight, heavy duty
• Country of Origin: Made in USA

Machined From Solid Billet

This is not cast. It is not stamped. It starts as one block of 6061-T6 and a machine removes everything that is not a paperweight.

6061-T6 is the aluminum alloy that shows up in aircraft structures and bicycle frames, chosen because it holds its shape under load. Your desk is unlikely to apply aircraft loads, but it is reassuring to know the margin is there.

Four and Four Tenths Ounces

That is the number that matters in a paperweight. For reference, a full can of soda is about 12 ounces, and most glass paperweights land under 3. The Grapnel sits at 4.4 oz of solid aluminum spread across a wide flat footprint, which is a different thing entirely from 4.4 oz stacked up vertically.

The Horned Profile

Two horns rise off the outer ends of the unit, with a scalloped run between them. Structurally this puts the most material at the corners, which is where a paperweight takes the most abuse when it gets knocked off a desk.

Visually it is the shape people remember. The horns are the reason this is the Grapnel that gets picked up first on a table full of them.

Weight Distribution Across Four Apertures

The four openings are not decorative. They move mass outward to the perimeter, which is exactly what you want in a paperweight, since a wide footprint resists tipping better than a tall one.

The apertures also happen to be sized such that a hand can rest comfortably on the unit during extended paperweight deployment. This is a coincidence. A very well machined coincidence.

Red

Red is not a camouflage color. This is a paperweight meant to be seen, sitting on top of documents that are not going anywhere.

A Note on Deployment

Objects in this category are regulated differently from one state and city to the next. Check your local law before you order.

Why This One Stands Out

Of the four profiles, this is the one that looks least like office equipment and most like something a knife company made on purpose.

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