{"id":1946,"date":"2013-03-26T22:39:59","date_gmt":"2013-03-26T22:39:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=1946"},"modified":"2013-03-26T22:40:53","modified_gmt":"2013-03-26T22:40:53","slug":"yet-more-fun-with-titanium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=1946","title":{"rendered":"Yet More Fun with Titanium"},"content":{"rendered":"

Below is a 1\/8 inch thick grade 2 titanium pendant, Celtic Raven Stealing the Moon, a little less than 2 inches tall.<\/p>\n

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And, above, a pair of hairsticks with a fusion of Viking and Celtic-style engravings. \u00a0On the left is \u00a0a Celtic Heron, and on the right is a Viking-ish dragon, both engraved in grade 2 titanium, with silver rivets. \u00a0The hairsticks are 1095 carbon steel.<\/p>\n

Thanks for looking!<\/p>\n

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

Below is a 1\/8 inch thick grade 2 titanium pendant, Celtic Raven Stealing the Moon, a little less than 2 inches tall. And, above, a pair of hairsticks with a fusion of Viking and Celtic-style engravings. \u00a0On the left is … 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":[28,1],"tags":[3,7,17,16,29],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6qLAy-vo","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4840,"url":"https:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=4840","url_meta":{"origin":1946,"position":0},"title":"Viking Dragon Pendant Tutorial","date":"November 26, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Here's how a Viking dragon pendant design begins. I established the top half (dragon head) first with pencil, followed by inking, scanning and Adobe Photoshop cleanup. Then I tailored the lower half (dragon body) to the head. Above, the basic design is about half complete. 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Adding 24 karat gold inlays and removing the background on the Grade 5 titanium WESN\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Carving"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/TomSterling_WESN_Knife_Koi_6.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5712,"url":"https:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=5712","url_meta":{"origin":1946,"position":4},"title":"Tree Frog Skeleton Dogtag Tutorial","date":"May 31, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Starting a frog skeleton dogtag project on a Grade 1 titanium Boker-brand blank. I begin by cutting the outlines, then inlaying the 24 karat pure gold. Removing the background on the titanium frog skeleton dogtag. 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