Folding custom jewel liner-lock knife by Gherardi Italian master knifemaker

Description

This knife is called Rigel (blue star in the constellation of Orion)...
Floral style has guided the artist's hand in creating this beautiful gentleman knife with stainless damascus steel blade hand forged 360-layer.
A tangle of flowers and branches in 18 carat white gold extends on grips 925 blackened silver on which are embedded nineteen sapphires. These stones come from the mines of the island of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), also called the "teardrop of India."; their color is fascinating, especially because they do not lose sheen when the light is low. On the side of the opening you see a sapphire ct. 1.55 and another of ct. 1.05 at the center of the two flowers then there are altr 2.35 carats of smaller stones. On the other side the stone in the center of the flower is ct. 1.15 and sapphires that make from contour weigh a total ct. 2.80.
The total weight of the 19 natural sapphires that garnish this folding is ct. 8.90. Surely you've never seen anything like it and of course this "jewel cutting edge" is unique and unrepeatable!
Blade 2-1/2 inch
Overall 5-7/8 inch