Dave, I was thinking of something else, but that�s not a bad idea, and it certainly could have used something like a paper template to follow. I�m also thinking of something more like a Dremel tool, with some kind of a base plate contraption attached. (Similar in concept to a (woodworking) fixed router base with the router bit sticking through the base plate.) Using as you suggested, a �ball� type cutter.
The reason is the 3D nature of the dagger blades, with no seeming evidence of a change in the depth of the cut. Whereas a Dremel tool with a fixed base would follow the contour of the blade. I�m also not locked into the idea of a Dremel tool per se, because there are some 3D pantographs using rotary engravers out there. But they were not as common as now. Here�s another image where I tried to minimize the computer generated artifacts. (It�s not great, but was the best I could do.) Fred
