Salty Dagger

Salty Dagger is a dream that I hope travels all over the world. I hope through the passion we share you can’t help but feel altered or moved…

Carving each artist's thoughts into silver & parchment and etching the dreams into films and stories.

We hope those stories remind you of the beauty of this world; of living.

- Harley x

The First Nut Case

My name is Harley Banks. I'm the first piece of the Salty puzzle, but there are many more with me now, all on the same journey...

Harley's Interview

The Crafting Process

Each piece is carved by hand from wax.

We take a 9-month journey with most collections. The Timeless Collection was around 18. We're a slow-grooving bunch of mofos.

Everything we do is made in-house; even our chains and clasps. We've even developed some of our own tools to help us better tell our piece's stories. When you look at a piece as long as we do, you can't help but pour love into what you create.

The piece naturally takes its own soul; your mistakes become the beauty of the craft.

From here, we cast the pieces in silver. The old-school way. We take note of the details lost, sometimes adding them back in. Oftentimes we end up back at square one, carving the wax again. But if all goes well, we create a mold and run a small batch through what's called a wax tree. Then, we slowly add in the texture and polish on each piece.

Even something as simple as our matte polishing technique took over 2 years to perfect, and adds weeks to the crafting timeline of a batch.

Most of the world is leaning more and more towards 3D casting, relying on the machine. Why not? AI can develop your 3D collection in a day. You can print and turn them over in 2 hours if you're fast, and rough them up to make them look handmade.

I understand why, but that will never be our way.

There's something special about creating slowly.
The sweat and tears make you proud. The memories, the ideas, the dreams, all the things that didn't work. There's a true story to the craft that we get to reflect on.

I feel it's important to show our crafters that we know their hands are superior to the work of machines. What they create is beautiful. It’s easy to forget that in a world that is becoming more and more dominated by modern technology.

Sharing Stories

When I started Salty Dagger, I did not want to live. But now I’m here, and I get to share my story.

It’s these stories of tough times that make us who we are, the stories of adventures, of elders who have helped us, of the smiles and the hugs. The stories full of beauty and emotion. Told raw and honest… Stories like this give hope.

What’s been your story? Let us know if you want to share.

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The Packaging

Our packaging uses 100% certified recycled materials and is printed with soy based inks.

We want our packaging to be something special - something you are proud to keep and display in your home. It's not meant to end up in the bin.

The Team

We have a bunch of beautiful humans in the Salty family, all adding their own special flavours to what we do.

Meet The Team

Born In Byron Bay

Salty Dagger was a dream born in Byron Bay. We ship every craft from here worldwide.

Slowly, though, Indonesia has become more and more home. Most of us reside here now, where we work hands-on with a beautiful team of Indonesian artisans carving pieces, casting them, and slowly making magic playing with a method that dates back over 6000 years.

Artist Collaborations

Our collections, at their core, are our method and means to take you all around the world and share stories of artists from far-reaching corners of the globe.

Sharing beauty that needs to be seen and stories that need to be heard. And this is just the beginning.

We're only getting started and I hope you're coming, because boy, I'm sure we'll need a hand.


Big love,
SD x

The Reif Collection

We plan to take you all over the world and show you the beauty throughout every age of life, from being an elder full of stories and wisdom, to a kid that explores the world with fresh eyes and every single moment in-between.