In this part of the tutorial we finish making the dagger.

Part 1 of this tutorial is here

Remember that you can place it back in the heated water at any time and soften it right back up. You can do this as many times as needed.

The big thing that we are doing at this point is getting it to the right amount of plastic. So, roll it out, shape it, knead it to about the size of your dagger. Then you can see how much excess you have. And you can cut away all that excess with either a knife or a pair of scissors.

Now that we have the right amount of plastic I reheated it again and this time added more of the black plastic pigment beads. Then I kneaded it real well to get a uniform black color.

Ok, we have a nice uniform black color. It looks great.

Now I shaped it with my fingers into the dagger shape. Putting it back in the water as I needed to soften up.

Then, while still soft I used a butterknife to put in the cut patterns. This makes it look like it was rough hewn with basic tools. Much like an arrowhead would look.

The only thing remaining is to wrap the handle. I used twine. But there are lots of other things you can use including leather, cloth, string or even just some kind of paint.

And that's It! Your DragonGlass Dagger is done.

Want to learn another way to make the dragon glass dagger? A web visitor (Paul) has made one using a two part rubber mold. Great tutorial and a terrific alternative to making the dagger. Check it out here

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