Make a Golden Filigree Dragon's Eggcase

Step 7 The finished Eggcase (and how I came to be known as Kaptin Scarlet)

The final day arrived. The morning was still and we left the camp before daybreak. All was quiet at the dragon's lair, the fearsome beast either asleep, or still out at on its previous night's hunting. Carefully we located the original filigree eggcase and without any trouble, affected the swap.

We never knew what became of the dragon; if and when she discovered the switch we had made, and if so, what wrathful vengeance she must surely have rained on the locale after our departure. Upon my return to Europe, I gained audience with my sponsor, the King of Norway and presented the Golden Filigree Eggcase to his Royal Highness at Court; along with a model of the tiny dragon chick that must surely have come from that very egg.

After our extensive journey, our supplies were running low and in order to finish the presentation case we used to store and later show the egg, the luscious scarlet velvet lining of my favourite all-weather coat had to be cut up for to make the pillow covering. I made such a fuss over this calamity that the rest of the party nicknamed me Kaptin Scarlet, and name that has endured to this day.

Now, after all these years I am honoured to be able to relate to you the story of the construction of the Fabled Golden Filigree Dragon's Eggcase in such a way that might easily enable you to make your own copy, so that even if you never have the opportunity to behold an original, you will be able to make something capable of deceiving even the most cunning of creatures, and a treasure to keep for all time.