{"id":2432,"date":"2013-11-11T03:53:14","date_gmt":"2013-11-11T03:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=2432"},"modified":"2013-11-11T16:58:42","modified_gmt":"2013-11-11T16:58:42","slug":"nazgul-holdout-stiletto-part-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=2432","title":{"rendered":"Nazgul Holdout Stiletto \u2013 Part 5"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today, I finally finished up the sheath for this little dagger.
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\nAbove you can see the leather liner and the small piece of goat rawhide I’ll use for the outside. \u00a0I’ll have to soak the rawhide in warm water for a while to soften it enough to bend around the leather liner and be sewn.<\/p>\n

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\nAnd here, above, are two views of the finished sheath with the frog in place beneath the rawhide. \u00a0The sheath is quite stiff when fully dry.<\/p>\n

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\nHere you can see the four sides I carved the Nazgul helmet for the pommel. \u00a0Can you see the Nazgul inside the helmet?<\/p>\n

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\n<\/a>And above, detail shots of the carvings.<\/p>\n

\"Morghul_Stilletto_Spike\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Available soon at\u00a0BladeGallery.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Thanks for Looking!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today, I finally finished up the sheath for this little dagger. Above you can see the leather liner and the small piece of goat rawhide I’ll use for the outside. \u00a0I’ll have to soak the rawhide in warm water for … 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":[23,5,27],"tags":[9,8,3,7,17,16,4],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6qLAy-De","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1208,"url":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=1208","url_meta":{"origin":2432,"position":0},"title":"Knapped Steel Neck Knife","date":"June 28, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Last August, I spent a week working at our local knap-in, where lots of stone tool knappers come and hobknob with each other. 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