{"id":1044,"date":"2012-01-24T21:49:15","date_gmt":"2012-01-24T21:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=1044"},"modified":"2012-01-24T21:49:15","modified_gmt":"2012-01-24T21:49:15","slug":"engraved-spyderco-cricket-surprise-knife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=1044","title":{"rendered":"Engraved Spyderco Cricket “Surprise” Knife"},"content":{"rendered":"

I started a new engraved knife – Mary Alice won’t let the wicked rest\u2026 This one is a Spyderco Cricket knife with a skulls and ribbons design. \u00a0These little Spyderco stainless steel knives are a dream to engrave, and are very well made, with nice smooth actions.<\/p>\n

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\nAbove is the pattern I’ve adapted to this shape of knife.<\/p>\n

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\nAbove, I’ve transferred the design to the knife, ready to start cutting the outlines.<\/p>\n

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\nAbove, I’ve been cutting the lines. This picture shows the knife in my engraver’s vise.<\/p>\n

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\nAnother view of the same.<\/p>\n

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\nAbove, busy carving out the background after the lines were cut.<\/p>\n

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\nHere the background is finished.<\/p>\n

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\nAnd, finally, inked in. Next I’ll have to shade it to make it look like it’s 3D.<\/p>\n

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\nAbove, working on shading all of the over and unders and the details on the skulls.<\/p>\n

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\nAnd here it’s inked and finished! \u00a0Excellent photo courtesy of BladeGallery.com<\/p>\n

This knife is currently available for purchase at BladeGallery.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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I started a new engraved knife – Mary Alice won’t let the wicked rest\u2026 This one is a Spyderco Cricket knife with a skulls and ribbons design. \u00a0These little Spyderco stainless steel knives are a dream to engrave, and are … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[5],"tags":[3,7,4],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6qLAy-gQ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2745,"url":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=2745","url_meta":{"origin":1044,"position":0},"title":"Engraved Spyderco Cricket Puget Sound Knife","date":"February 20, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Today is just a simple little engraved Spyderco Cricket folding pocket knife. \u00a0These stainless steel Spydercos are very nice quality knives that engrave well, and it's fun to\u00a0occasionally\u00a0work on one. 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