Michael Tinker Pearce. A sword I decided to call The Tinkerbella ....
The sword as first shown to me by its maker ....
http://www.arscives.com/bladesign/matthewcarabella.html
After I first received it ...
![Photobucket image](http://myarmoury.com/images/pb/img.php?i=http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r139/MatthewGMK/karabella006-1.jpg)
![Photobucket image](http://myarmoury.com/images/pb/img.php?i=http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r139/MatthewGMK/karabella002.jpg)
The sword would then go to Christian Fletcher, who had the task of giving the entire
package a historical face-lift ...
Starting with the scabbard ...
![Photobucket image](http://myarmoury.com/images/pb/img.php?i=http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r139/MatthewGMK/TBellaScabbard1-1.jpg)
![Photobucket image](http://myarmoury.com/images/pb/img.php?i=http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r139/MatthewGMK/Tinkerbella2.jpg)
Then moving onto the grip and hilt ...
![Photobucket image](http://myarmoury.com/images/pb/img.php?i=http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r139/MatthewGMK/TbellaHilt1-1.jpg)
The scabbard's metal parts proved to be a challenge, as there were many details. The
design would be based on something like the scabbards seen in this picture, taken off
of myArmoury's website no less ! B-)
![Photobucket image](http://myarmoury.com/images/pb/img.php?i=http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r139/MatthewGMK/pic_hussar13.jpg)
CF persevered and the project began to come together ...
![Photobucket image](http://myarmoury.com/images/pb/img.php?i=http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r139/MatthewGMK/TBella2.jpg)
![Photobucket image](http://myarmoury.com/images/pb/img.php?i=http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r139/MatthewGMK/Tbella3a.jpg)
![Photobucket image](http://myarmoury.com/images/pb/img.php?i=http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r139/MatthewGMK/Tbella3b.jpg)
Finally, the sword came home to me ...
![Photobucket image](http://myarmoury.com/images/pb/img.php?i=http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r139/MatthewGMK/sat728005.jpg)
I hope you enjoy the brief pictorial-history of The Tinkerbella. But behind it all
there is a story to tell, which I hope to share with you as well. That will come
next ...