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Blacksmith Caterpillar Knife – Part 4
Since the last post I hardened and tempered the little knife, and spent some time getting the scale and crud from the heat treating process off of it. Now it’s time to add some gold highlights. Above, I’ve engraved a … Continue reading
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Blacksmith Caterpillar Knife – Part 3
Now that I’ve removed the knife from it’s holding medium, I notice the caterpillar has a bad case of the “squares.” I need to round it’s top edges over a little more. There, that’s better. Now for the other side. … Continue reading
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Blacksmith Caterpillar Knife
Here’s another strange idea I came up with. This little knife is based upon a class of knives called “Blacksmith Knives” or sometimes “Viking Woman’s Knives.” These come down to us through antiquity, and were generally just simple (and inexpensive) … Continue reading
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Floating Treasures Part 2
Here is the Dragonfly Floating Treasure Pendant finished. It’s about 1 1/2 inches in diameter, with a Sterling silver bowl, engraved and textured steel “floating” plate with .999 Fine silver and copper inlays.
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Floating Treasures Part 1
In the distant past I made a bunch of pendants I called “Floating Treasures.” These were loosely based upon kagamibuta style netsuke. Kagamibuta netsuke became popular in Japan after the wearing of swords was banned, and the metal artisans who … Continue reading
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Dragonslayer Spike Poniard and Reliquary
My latest major project, the Dragonslayer Spike Poniard and Reliquary (and The Project From Hell). I guess you can call it finished, but it turned into one of those projects where it became more abandoned than completed – it just kept … Continue reading
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Ants Miseretto part 21 – FINISHED!
On the final stretch! Today I finished up the centipede legs and the bark, as well as finalizing the patina. I’ll look it over for a few days for anything I might have missed, but otherwise I think it’s done! … Continue reading
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Ants Miseretto part 20
I spent yesterday working on the centipede, here about halfway done. I still need to round over all the legs, and finish up the bark. I used small carbide burrs, tiny flat gravers and punches to shape the centipede and remove … Continue reading
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Ants Miseretto part 19
Carving the bark today, before I get too far on the centipede. Above, I’ve begun carving the bark using a round graver with a pretty broad sweep. You can see three little bark spots I’ve already completed, and the gold … Continue reading
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Ants Miseretto part 18
Working on the other side of the handle now. This will be carved bark and a partially hidden centipede. Above, I engraved the outlines of the bark surface on the shibuichi scale. You can still see some of the laser … Continue reading
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