{"id":1934,"date":"2013-03-08T09:36:53","date_gmt":"2013-03-08T09:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=1934"},"modified":"2013-03-08T09:42:57","modified_gmt":"2013-03-08T09:42:57","slug":"more-fun-with-titanium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=1934","title":{"rendered":"More Fun with Titanium"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s a small Praying Mantis pendant in 1\/8 inch thick Grade 2 titanium. \u00a0It was a delight to engrave, unlike the AL6V4 titanium I tried earlier.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nAbove is my take on a “knapped” Ishi arrow point, also hand carved from 1\/8 inch thick grade 2 titanium. copper tubing and a silver rivet. \u00a0These finely worked “Ishi” points are named after the last “wild” Native American who appeared out of the wilderness in the early 1900’s and lived out his last days in a museum in Berkeley, California, often making these style points for museum patrons. \u00a0Ishi points are something like the Holy Grail of pressure flint knapping. \u00a0If a knapper can make one of these long, ultra thin points with expanded notches, then he or she can knap any style of point. \u00a0Lately I’ve been doing my “knapping” in metal. \u00a0I break a lot fewer points that way \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

Available soon at\u00a0BladeGallery.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here’s a small Praying Mantis pendant in 1\/8 inch thick Grade 2 titanium. \u00a0It was a delight to engrave, unlike the AL6V4 titanium I tried earlier. Above is my take on a “knapped” Ishi arrow point, also hand carved from … 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":[28,31,1],"tags":[3,7,17,21,10,29],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6qLAy-vc","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2757,"url":"https:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=2757","url_meta":{"origin":1934,"position":0},"title":"Knapped “Lascaux” Small Push Dagger Part 1","date":"February 21, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Here's the start of a small push dagger, done in my signature \"knapped\" style. \u00a0It's made of 1075 carbon steel, with Grade 2 Titanium scales and copper pins. \u00a0It's 4 1\/8 inches total length, and the blade is a hair over 2 inches. 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