{"id":3143,"date":"2021-12-10T05:01:09","date_gmt":"2021-12-10T05:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riverbornknives.com\/?p=3143"},"modified":"2021-12-10T05:02:21","modified_gmt":"2021-12-10T05:02:21","slug":"the-dagger-project-is-finished-a-copy-of-an-original-pictured-in-madison-grants-book-the-knife-in-homespun-america-hand-forged-1075-mid-1800s-wrought-iron-found-at-the-site-of-a-long-gone-black","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/riverbornknives.com\/index.php\/2021\/12\/10\/the-dagger-project-is-finished-a-copy-of-an-original-pictured-in-madison-grants-book-the-knife-in-homespun-america-hand-forged-1075-mid-1800s-wrought-iron-found-at-the-site-of-a-long-gone-black\/","title":{"rendered":"The dagger project is finished. A copy of an original pictured in Madison Grant’s book The Knife in Homespun America. Hand forged 1075, mid 1800’s wrought iron found at the site of a long gone blacksmith shop and homestead for the guard, hickory handle and a crude copper ferrule. Working with only one reference picture is tricky but I think I got it pretty close. For the handle being so simple it really kicked my butt, just about every part of it was a fight to get it to look good."},"content":{"rendered":"\n