{"id":3657,"date":"2014-12-24T00:51:28","date_gmt":"2014-12-24T00:51:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=3657"},"modified":"2015-09-18T14:16:35","modified_gmt":"2015-09-18T21:16:35","slug":"greenman-in-autumn-pendant-dagger-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=3657","title":{"rendered":"“Greenman in Autumn” Pendant Dagger, Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n<\/a>Above images courtesy of Bladegallery.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nBeginning a new project – a tiny pendant dagger in my signature “Knapped Steel” style. Here it’s been cut out from 1084 carbon steel.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nDecreasing weight of the dagger, left to right – drilling areas in handle – jeweler’s saw cutting through the web – chunks removed…<\/p>\n

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\nLeft to right – basic lens shape to the blade – carving the “knapped” stone flakes – blackening just ’cause for looks<\/p>\n

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\nTexturing the stone flakes on the blade, and carving the “ripper” cutting edge…<\/p>\n

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\nEngraving details on the blade front and back, and cutting pockets for gold inlay. There’s no engraving after heat treating!<\/p>\n

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\nPress forming copper sheath – hard urethane (red thing), steel die (arrowhead shape), and copper sheet pressed and hand chased…<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n24 karat gold inlaid in the blade, and the copper sheath trimmed and fitted.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nAll the pieces roughed out, sheath assembled, titanium scales attached. Once the glue cures, I’ll trim everything neatly.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nSince you asked for a profile shot, here you go!<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nThe dagger blank finished and smoothed – ready for engraving!<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n<\/a>The on-order clip arrived and is now installed – with the clip in place , the dagger cannot come out of the sheath. To access the dagger, unclip the sheath from the leather neck cord…<\/span><\/p>\n

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

\u00a0\u00a0 Above images courtesy of Bladegallery.com Beginning a new project – a tiny pendant dagger in my signature “Knapped Steel” style. Here it’s been cut out from 1084 carbon steel. Decreasing weight of the dagger, left to right – drilling … 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":[23,5,18,31,35],"tags":[9,8,3,7,17,16,21,4,44],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6qLAy-WZ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3682,"url":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=3682","url_meta":{"origin":3657,"position":0},"title":"“Greenman in Autumn” Pendant Dagger, Part 2","date":"December 24, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"I started the engraving by cutting all the major lines. Next I'll inlay gold wire into the Celtic beard... Inlaying gold wire, from top left clockwise - undercutting the line (blue arrows) - hammering in wire - more hammering - all wire in place Clockwise from upper left - scraping\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Carving"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Pendant_Dagger_121.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5587,"url":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=5587","url_meta":{"origin":3657,"position":1},"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. You\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Carving"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/TomSterling_Knapped_Push_Dagger_Tutorial_2-300x268.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2815,"url":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=2815","url_meta":{"origin":3657,"position":2},"title":"Knapped \u201cLascaux\u201d Small Push Dagger Part 5 – Finished!","date":"March 4, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Well, I finally figured out what was on the other side, and finished this one! \u00a0I know, I know, a red-letter day for me! \u00a0I've only been dragging this out for months... \u00a0Now, I need to make a nice box or stand. \u00a0I'm leaning towards a stand at the moment...\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Carving"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Knapped_Lascaux_Push_Dagger_35.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5506,"url":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=5506","url_meta":{"origin":3657,"position":3},"title":"Hummingbird Skull Reliquary","date":"May 29, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Starting a new reliquary project. This is the first of several elements, a 1075 carbon steel blade in my signature \"knapped steel\" style. Using a small drum sander, I'm carving in the flake scars that would be left from knapping stone blades... 1075 carbon steel blade, one of several elements\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Carving"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/TomSterling_Hummingbird_Skull_Reliquary_15.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2781,"url":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=2781","url_meta":{"origin":3657,"position":4},"title":"Knapped “Lascaux” Small Push Dagger Part 3 – Shishiaibori Technique","date":"February 23, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"It's time to begin the shishiaibori carving process. \u00a0Above is the design transferred to the titanium scales. \u00a0I use a laser printer on kitchen\/cooking parchment and damar varnish transfer method. Step 1: \u00a0I begin engraving with a Lindsay Universal graver (116 degree V-graver), and make as deep a cut as\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Carving"","img":{"alt_text":"Knapped_Lascaux_Push_Dagger_11","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Knapped_Lascaux_Push_Dagger_11.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2983,"url":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=2983","url_meta":{"origin":3657,"position":5},"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. 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