{"id":2825,"date":"2014-03-09T00:20:12","date_gmt":"2014-03-09T00:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=2825"},"modified":"2014-03-09T00:20:12","modified_gmt":"2014-03-09T00:20:12","slug":"helheim-dagger-in-knapped-steel-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=2825","title":{"rendered":"Helheim Dagger in Knapped Steel – Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here is the start of the “Helheim Dagger.” \u00a0Done in 1075 carbon steel I decided to do this one in my signature “knapped steel” style, so it resembles a stone knife.<\/p>\n

Helheim (” the house of Hel”) is one of the nine worlds of Norse mythology, and is ruled by the goddess Hel, who is half beautiful woman and half corpse. Those who die of old age or disease go to Helheim, while those who die bravely on the battlefield go to Valhalla (which is ruled by Odin, the greatest of the gods).
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\nI began by making a wooden mockup of the proposed dagger, then transferred the pattern to a piece of steel.<\/p>\n

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\nAbove, I’m carefully sawing out the knife, trying to be as neat as possible.<\/p>\n

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\nAnd, here is the resulting blank.<\/p>\n

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\nAbove, I’ve clamped the knife blank in a vise, ready to begin shaping with a hand held angle grinder.<\/p>\n

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\nThe first pass with the angle grinder.<\/p>\n

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\nMore passes with the angle grinder.<\/p>\n

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\nAnd <\/p>\n

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, above after quite a few passes with the angle grinder.<\/p>\n

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\n<\/a>And, above, both sides ready to be shaped for the “knapping” process.<\/p>\n

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

Here is the start of the “Helheim Dagger.” \u00a0Done in 1075 carbon steel I decided to do this one in my signature “knapped steel” style, so it resembles a stone knife. Helheim (” the house of Hel”) is one of … 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":[5,18],"tags":[8,3,7,17,16,21,4],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6qLAy-Jz","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2908,"url":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=2908","url_meta":{"origin":2825,"position":0},"title":"Helheim Dagger in Knapped Steel – Part 4","date":"March 11, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Today I'm finishing up the engraving on the Odin side of the Helheim Dagger. Above, I've finished shading the Celtic knots of Odin's beard and the little Celtic ornament at the bottom. \u00a0I've added a little temporary Sharpie\u2122 inking just to see how things will look. \u00a0You can see the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Engraved Knife"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Helheim_Dagger_42.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2917,"url":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=2917","url_meta":{"origin":2825,"position":1},"title":"Helheim Dagger in Knapped Steel – Part 5","date":"March 12, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Now it's time to work on the Hel side of the Helheim Dagger. \u00a0I can't claim sole authorship of the Hel design - my daughter has done a lot (most?) of that work. \u00a0I've been stymied for a while on this side, and my she solidified the design and came\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Engraved Knife"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/decapitated_head.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2983,"url":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=2983","url_meta":{"origin":2825,"position":2},"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":2965,"url":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=2965","url_meta":{"origin":2825,"position":3},"title":"Helheim Dagger in Knapped Steel – Part 7","date":"March 14, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Today I'm finishing up the engraving on the Hel side of the dagger. \u00a0Above, I've removed the background, using what I call a \"scribble\" texture for the cloth of her robe, and I've used a tiny four-sided point to stipple the non-cloth areas (see around her dead eye, and between\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Engraved Knife"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Helheim_Dagger_54.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2957,"url":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=2957","url_meta":{"origin":2825,"position":4},"title":"Helheim Dagger in Knapped Steel – Gold Inlays – Part 6","date":"March 13, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Today I tackled the gold inlays on Hel's robe. \u00a0This is always a stressful time, and a major effort for me in the process. I chose to inlay the areas in parallel gold wires, since these are mostly long and skinny locations. \u00a0I began by excavating a shallow pocket, then\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Engraved Knife"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Helheim_Dagger_47.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2857,"url":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=2857","url_meta":{"origin":2825,"position":5},"title":"Helheim Dagger in Knapped Steel – Part 3","date":"March 10, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"After a lot of design pain I've finally come up with a design for this side of the knife - One-eyed Odin. \u00a0Above, you can see the design transferred to the knife scale, ready to begin the engraving process. 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