{"id":11,"date":"2007-08-31T22:50:07","date_gmt":"2007-08-31T15:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/myrideisme.com\/Blog\/?p=11"},"modified":"2009-10-26T20:36:56","modified_gmt":"2009-10-27T03:36:56","slug":"one-night-with-a-real-doll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/one-night-with-a-real-doll\/","title":{"rendered":"One Night with a Real Doll"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fone-night-with-a-real-doll%2F&amp;media=http%3A%2F%2Fpikesan.wordpress.com%2Ffiles%2F2007%2F08%2Fwwii_gi.jpg&amp;description=One+Night+with+a+Real+Doll\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\" rel=\"lightbox[11]\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button_count\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/one-night-with-a-real-doll\/\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/one-night-with-a-real-doll\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"One Night with a Real Doll\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/one-night-with-a-real-doll\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=One Night with a Real Doll&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/one-night-with-a-real-doll\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/icons_small\/email.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Email\" title=\"Email\"\/><span class=\"mr_small_icon\">Email<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/one-night-with-a-real-doll\/\" data-text=\"One Night with a Real Doll\" data-desc=\"Dig these custom shift knobs a buddy's making. Using bronze casting skills on aluminum items for his interior shop helped build his sculpting skills until it was obviously time to make a custom cast shifter knob for his car. Over a dozen original design skull shifter knobs later, his car never got\" data-image=\"http:\/\/pikesan.wordpress.com\/files\/2007\/08\/wwii_gi.jpg\" data-button=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/images\/social_share_button.png\" alt=\"Share\" class=\"linksalpha_image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/scripts\/loader_iconbox.js?v=2.4\"><\/script><\/span><\/div><p>Dig these custom shift knobs a buddy&#8217;s making.<\/p>\n<p>Using bronze casting skills on aluminum items for his interior shop helped build his sculpting skills until it was obviously time to make a custom cast shifter knob for his car. Over a dozen original design skull shifter knobs later, his car never got one! Since becoming a professional caster my buddy has earned praise from several hot rodders he respects and is proud to say that the artwork can be found in 31 states and 6 foreign countries.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/pikesan.wordpress.com\/files\/2007\/08\/wwii_gi.jpg\" alt=\"wwii_gi.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/pikesan.wordpress.com\/files\/2007\/08\/dragskull_qtr2.jpg\" alt=\"dragskull_qtr2.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The skulls have a certain level of artistic quality to them. Aside from their historical accuracy, they are set apart from some of the &#8220;cartoony&#8221; skulls out there, by avoiding excessive exaggeration and including some subtle emotion or energy into each one. However, wanting to grow as an artist, an idea from an early brainstorming session came to life&#8230; a pinup girl knob! The goal: Make a piece that not only would look attractive in a car, but would also stand on its own above the \u201clo-brow\u201d genre as a piece of art. Here it is:<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/pikesan.wordpress.com\/files\/2007\/08\/im000678.jpg\" alt=\"im000678.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>They say a gentleman never tells, so the inspiration behind this piece will be vague. A memorable experience with a real doll is all we&#8217;ll say! Two weeks later, the result was a 6.5\u201d reclining nude.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/pikesan.wordpress.com\/files\/2007\/08\/rear-a-web.jpg\" alt=\"rear-a-web.jpg\" width=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>She&#8217;s hot, right?<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/pikesan.wordpress.com\/files\/2007\/08\/skull_logo2_copy.jpg\" alt=\"skull_logo2_copy.jpg\" width=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Thanks for reading my blog. Please find this blog and others and all the cars you can handle at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/\">MyRideisMe.com<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fone-night-with-a-real-doll%2F&amp;media=&amp;description=One+Night+with+a+Real+Doll\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button_count\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/one-night-with-a-real-doll\/\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/one-night-with-a-real-doll\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"One Night with a Real Doll\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/one-night-with-a-real-doll\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=One Night with a Real Doll&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/one-night-with-a-real-doll\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/icons_small\/email.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Email\" title=\"Email\"\/><span class=\"mr_small_icon\">Email<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/one-night-with-a-real-doll\/\" data-text=\"One Night with a Real Doll\" data-desc=\"Dig these custom shift knobs a buddy's making. Using bronze casting skills on aluminum items for his interior shop helped build his sculpting skills until it was obviously time to make a custom cast shifter knob for his car. Over a dozen original design skull shifter knobs later, his car never got\" data-image=\"\" data-button=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/images\/social_share_button.png\" alt=\"Share\" class=\"linksalpha_image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/scripts\/loader_iconbox.js?v=2.4\"><\/script><\/span><\/div><p>Email Dig these custom shift knobs a buddy&#8217;s making. Using bronze casting skills on aluminum items for his interior shop helped build his sculpting skills until it was obviously time to make a custom cast shifter knob for his car. Over a dozen original design skull shifter knobs later, his car never got one! 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