{"id":5587,"date":"2018-05-29T19:45:46","date_gmt":"2018-05-30T02:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=5587"},"modified":"2018-05-29T19:45:46","modified_gmt":"2018-05-30T02:45:46","slug":"knapped-push-dagger-tutorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=5587","title":{"rendered":"Knapped Push Dagger Tutorial"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nTime to start another knife project. I think this will be a small push dagger , in knapped steel style with my nasty \u201cripper edge.
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\nGrinding my signature “knapped steel” flake scars into 3\/16 inch thick 1084 steel <\/p>\n

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, followed by differential hardening and tempering. You can see the two tools I used for the grinding and carving\u2026 By the way, grinding is done before heat treat.<\/p>\n

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\nLightening the knapped steel push dagger by removing some of the interior steel from the handle. Careful drilling and cutting out the web with a jeweler\u2019s saw. Tape that blade! Don\u2019t ask me how I know to do this\u2026<\/p>\n

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\nTime to fabricate the handle scales for the knapped steel push dagger. I hot forged and cold rolled 1\/4 inch thick tellurium copper thinner. Now I have to figure out what lives on these scales\u2026<\/p>\n

Thanks for Looking!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tom Sterling<\/strong><\/p>\n

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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 … 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],"tags":[9,8,3,7,17,16,21,4],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6qLAy-1s7","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2815,"url":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=2815","url_meta":{"origin":5587,"position":0},"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":3657,"url":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=3657","url_meta":{"origin":5587,"position":1},"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. 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