{"id":89,"date":"2011-12-17T22:16:32","date_gmt":"2011-12-17T22:16:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=89"},"modified":"2011-12-17T22:44:55","modified_gmt":"2011-12-17T22:44:55","slug":"making-the-%e2%80%9cpuget-sound-dagger%e2%80%9d-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=89","title":{"rendered":"Making the \u201cPuget Sound Dagger\u201d Day 9"},"content":{"rendered":"

More background removal. \u00a0And I thought the front side background removal was tedious. \u00a0Look at all of those tiny little nooks and crannies!<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\u00a0Here the background is removed.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>And everything inked.\u00a0 At long last, this side is finished!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>And, finally, closeups of both sides – next to make a display box, quality control inspection, and the final inking.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow, I’ll make a display box and do a bit of quality control, then it will be ready to send across the water to my Internet vendor, <\/span>BladeGallery<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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More background removal. \u00a0And I thought the front side background removal was tedious. \u00a0Look at all of those tiny little nooks and crannies! \u00a0Here the background is removed. And everything inked.\u00a0 At long last, this side is finished! And, finally, … 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],"tags":[9,8,3,7,4],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6qLAy-1r","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3682,"url":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=3682","url_meta":{"origin":89,"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... 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