{"id":21,"date":"2011-12-07T08:05:12","date_gmt":"2011-12-07T08:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=21"},"modified":"2011-12-08T11:47:16","modified_gmt":"2011-12-08T11:47:16","slug":"making-the-%e2%80%9cpuget-sound-dagger%e2%80%9d-day-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=21","title":{"rendered":"Making the \u201cPuget Sound Dagger\u201d Day 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n<\/a>I finished shaping the stainless steel scales for the handle (to be engraved with a fish scene later). \u00a0I’ll use the two copper pins to help secure the scales (along with epoxy).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I finished shaping the stainless steel scales for the handle (to be engraved with a fish scene later). \u00a0I’ll use the two copper pins to help secure the scales (along with epoxy).<\/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":[3,4],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6qLAy-l","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7,"url":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=7","url_meta":{"origin":21,"position":0},"title":"Making the \u201cPuget Sound Dagger\u201d Day 2","date":"December 7, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"A little progress - the blade is shaped and I've carved out and textured the area in front of where the handle scales will go.","rel":"","context":"In "Engraved Knife"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3711,"url":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=3711","url_meta":{"origin":21,"position":1},"title":"William Henry Dragonfly Bolster Knife Scales","date":"January 2, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"William Henry Dragonfly Bolster Knife Scales Work-in-Progress The images above are of the finished knife, and courtesy of the good folks at\u00a0http:\/\/www.williamhenry.com. \u00a0Starting on a William Henry knife scale with dragonfly theme - this is the back end bolster. 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