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<\/a><\/p>\nIt developed a small crack along the way (that’s the nature of burl wood), so I used some silver wire and made staples to hold it shut (along with glue, of course!). \u00a0I’ve been including “artificed” repairs in much of my work lately, since I like the look, and probably would have done this even if there hadn’t been a real crack…<\/p>\n
I also fell back into my bad old netsuke carving habits and put in an antler liner in the cord holes. \u00a0This is turning into a very high-end noggin. \u00a0I guess we’ll call it a “gentleman’s” noggin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
After making the new crook knife, I needed a good test for it. \u00a0Scrounging around in my wood stash, I found a small block of big leaf maple burl, which has been seasoning for, oh, about 20 years now. \u00a0It … 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],"tags":[9,24,3,7],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6qLAy-d8","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":222,"url":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=222","url_meta":{"origin":814,"position":0},"title":"Carving a Noggin and Making a Crook Knife","date":"January 9, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"What's a noggin? \u00a0It's a small, carved wooden cup carried by frontiersmen, often carved from pretty burl wood. \u00a0This one is just cherry. \u00a0It will hang from a chunky button on a string that goes under a belt, so the prospective Dan'l Boone has it handy to get a drink\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Carving"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Toms_Noggin_2-223x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1009,"url":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=1009","url_meta":{"origin":814,"position":1},"title":"Burl Noggin part 5","date":"January 24, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"And, finally, the noggin and button are finished. \u00a0Here it is as the entire ensemble. Thanks for looking!","rel":"","context":"In "Carving"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Toms_Noggin_7.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":861,"url":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=861","url_meta":{"origin":814,"position":2},"title":"Burl Noggin part 4","date":"January 22, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"I've been working this morning to remove the background of the engraved copper disk. I used my NSK micromotor grinder and several sizes of very small carbide burrs to carve away the background, leaving a pleasing texture behind. I fastened the antler crown with the epoxied engraving in my engraver's\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Carving"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Antler_Crown_NW_Frog_18-300x272.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":819,"url":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=819","url_meta":{"origin":814,"position":3},"title":"Burl Noggin part 2","date":"January 20, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Well, since I made the fancy Gentleman's Noggin, I now need a high-end chunky button to go along with it. \u00a0These chunky buttons were designed to allow someone to hang the noggin from their belt, but still be handy to take it off for use. \u00a0It struck me that this\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Carving"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Antler_Crown_NW_Frog_1-300x210.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":842,"url":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=842","url_meta":{"origin":814,"position":4},"title":"Burl Noggin part 3","date":"January 22, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"When last we saw our hero, he was getting ready to begin engraving. Above, I've stuck the copper disk on a small block of walnut with pitch (Northwest Pitchworks, in Bellingham WA). \u00a0Here, it is clamped in my engraver's vise. \u00a0I also transferred my design - in this case, I\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Carving"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Antler_Crown_NW_Frog_6-300x223.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":233,"url":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=233","url_meta":{"origin":814,"position":5},"title":"Carving a Noggin and Making a Crook Knife","date":"January 10, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"After testing my crook knife, I liked it so well I decided to make another, with less \"crook\" to it. \u00a0In the Pacific Northwest, this one is called a \"planer\" crook knife, since it is used to produce a nice texture on flat or convex curved surfaces (not used so\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Carving"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Crook_Knife_1-300x207.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=814"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":841,"href":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814\/revisions\/841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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