{"id":1208,"date":"2017-06-28T01:41:57","date_gmt":"2017-06-28T08:41:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=1208"},"modified":"2017-07-23T14:25:52","modified_gmt":"2017-07-23T21:25:52","slug":"knapped-steel-neck-knife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=1208","title":{"rendered":"Knapped Steel Neck Knife"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last August, I spent a week working at our local knap-in, where lots of stone tool knappers come and hobknob with each other. Lots of work, but lots of fun as well!<\/p>\n

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\nWhile\u00a0at the knap-in, I saw a friend’s artwork (see the lovely little stone neck knives above, with decorated rawhide sheaths), and decided to make something like them, only mine will be made in steel, not rock.<\/p>\n

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\nI started today on the blade <\/p>\n

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, roughing it out from a steel bar.<\/p>\n

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\nAbove is the roughed out blade and tiny antler handle.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Above I’m using an angle grinder to carve the blade to a lens-shaped cross section. \u00a0At this point the blade is roughed out and ready to begin carving knapping flake scars in it.<\/p>\n

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\nAbove is the Foredom handpiece with narrow sanding drum I’ll carve the flake scars with.<\/p>\n

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\nHere are the first few flake scars carved in.<\/p>\n

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\nHere I’ve finished carving the blade , blued it to dark color, and made a copper cap for the end of the antler handle. Next, I’ve got to glue it all up.<\/p>\n

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\nAbove, I’m getting the knife glued up. I have to start on the rawhide sheath, engrave the knife butt, and decide what will go on the front of the sheath. Oh, and have to make a chain and hardware for the neck chain. Lots of work yet.<\/p>\n

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\nI’m working on the sheath today. I’ve used regular vegetable tanned leather to make the liner <\/p>\n

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, glued up with contact cement. I drilled the holes in the drill press with a sharpened finishing nail as an awl. You can see the little piece of goat rawhide I’ll use for the covering, and the copper rings for attaching the chain.<\/p>\n

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\n<\/a>\"\"<\/a>I finished the knife and engraved the little copper buttcap, but haven’t finished the sheath yet. \u00a0The above photos courtesy of BladeGallery.com<\/p>\n

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\n<\/a>\"\"<\/a>Finally got it finished, with copper chain and hardware, and a tiny copper snake sheath decoration. \u00a0The above photos also courtesy of BladeGallery.com.<\/p>\n

Thanks for Looking!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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