{"id":3682,"date":"2014-12-24T01:14:42","date_gmt":"2014-12-24T01:14:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=3682"},"modified":"2015-09-18T14:24:15","modified_gmt":"2015-09-18T21:24:15","slug":"greenman-in-autumn-pendant-dagger-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=3682","title":{"rendered":"“Greenman in Autumn” Pendant Dagger, Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nI started the engraving by cutting all the major lines. Next I’ll inlay gold wire into the Celtic beard…<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nInlaying gold wire, from top left clockwise – undercutting the line (blue arrows) – hammering in wire – more hammering – all wire in place<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nClockwise from upper left – scraping away excess gold – completely scraped – stoning smooth – tiny highlighting lines around the gold. Next, sculpting and background removal<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nUpper Left and Right – excavating the background around the gold Celtic beard – LR stippling the background – LL I just had to ink it to see how it would look. Next is carving the face…<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nSculpting and background removal. Then I couldn’t resist inking it to get a glimpse of the future…<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nSculpting and background finished. Next will be creepy antler eyes like the Hobo Nickel skull…<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nWaiting for epoxy to cure for the creepy antler peg eyes…<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nUpper left and clockwise <\/p>\n

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, the final step is making double inlaid creepy eyes of antler and dark horn. Final pics tomorrow…<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n<\/a>“Greenman in Autumn” Pendant Dagger finished! 1084 steel blade, titanium scales, 24 karat gold inlay, double inlaid antler and dark horn eyes, with titanium, silver and copper sheath.<\/p>\n

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\n<\/a>Above images courtesy of\u00a0Bladegallery.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Thanks for the support and encouragement\u00a0and t<\/span>hanks for looking!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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 – … 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":[23,5,28,18,31,35],"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-Xo","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3657,"url":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=3657","url_meta":{"origin":3682,"position":0},"title":"“Greenman in Autumn” Pendant Dagger, Part 1","date":"December 24, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"\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 areas in handle - jeweler's saw cutting through the web\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Carving"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/93308_3_b.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2857,"url":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=2857","url_meta":{"origin":3682,"position":1},"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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