{"id":116,"date":"2011-12-17T22:43:08","date_gmt":"2011-12-17T22:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=116"},"modified":"2011-12-17T22:45:13","modified_gmt":"2011-12-17T22:45:13","slug":"%e2%80%9cpuget-sound-dagger%e2%80%9d-finished","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=116","title":{"rendered":"\u201cPuget Sound Dagger\u201d Finished!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The \u00a0BladeGallery\u00a0folks really take excellent photos. \u00a0Here are the final pictures, courtesy of \u00a0BladeGallery.com: \u00a0  <\/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":[9,8,3,7,4],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6qLAy-1S","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3084,"url":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=3084","url_meta":{"origin":116,"position":0},"title":"Dragonsbane Poniard \u2013 Part 10 \u2013 Finished","date":"April 21, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Thank goodness it's finally finished! \u00a0The \"Dragonsbane Poniard\" is engraved and carved 1045 carbon steel, with 24 karat gold inlays, carved copper crossguard, 22 inches overall length, and a huge pain to carve and engrave. This was one of those projects that gets more abandoned than finished! Remind me not\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Carving"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Dragonsbane_Poniard_75.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2983,"url":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=2983","url_meta":{"origin":116,"position":1},"title":"Helheim Dagger in Knapped Steel – Part 8","date":"March 18, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Here's the finished knife. \u00a0I still need to make a box or stand for it (probably box?). Above is Hel , and her dead eye (moose antler). And, of course, here's Odin. Thanks for looking!","rel":"","context":"In "Engraved Knife"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Helheim_Dagger_56.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5587,"url":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=5587","url_meta":{"origin":116,"position":2},"title":"Knapped Push Dagger Tutorial","date":"May 29, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Time to start another knife project. I think this will be a small push dagger , in knapped steel style with my nasty \u201cripper edge. Grinding my signature \"knapped steel\" flake scars into 3\/16 inch thick 1084 steel Kup Doxycycline bez recepty , followed by differential hardening and tempering. 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