What's Paperweight?

In ancient China, paperweight is one of the necessary equipment in sanctum. For one of the reason was Chinese paint art and handwriting always use brush and larger paper, the popular size may 300mm x 500mm, and the large size may be larger than 2000mm x 1000mm, then the paperweight As important as “wen fang si bao” (the four treasures of the study, i.e. writing brush, ink stick, ink slab, paper ), was very important for everyone who can read and write.

Recorded in the West that the first documented appearance can be traced to the Exhibition of Austrian Industry held in Vienna in 1845. The paperweights of Pietro Bigaglia of Venice were displayed at this exhibition. Knowledge of their existence was reportedly soon brought to the attention of the Saint-Louis glass factory in France.

Modern Paperweight??

Tungsten paperweight is composed of a metal alloy, tungsten heavy alloy. The alloy allows for maximum hardness and rigidity without sacrificing tensile strength. Each tungsten paperweight is polished with diamond tools. Hardness, assuring long lasting beauty, permanently polished. Tungsten paperweight takes a brilliant high polish and resists scratching longer than any metal ever offered to the public. Roughly ten times harder than 18k gold and four times harder than Titanium, Tungsten paperweight will never bend out of shape.
It is also possible to have "custom" bars made to your specifications.?

Tungsten Heavy Ally (WHA) Paperweight