Front:
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Back:
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Total (excuse the forge work on the buckle. It was my first time trying something like that :blush: )
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Thanks much!
-Joe
Joe Fisher wrote: |
Greetings, all. I recently made a scabbard for my sword, and even more recently a suspension for it. I followed some pictures I found online to design the suspension, and I was wondering if any of y'all could tell me if it's close to a historical design, and if so, what period.
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Chad Arnow wrote: |
It bears some resemblance to suspensions popular in the 13th and early 14th centuries (maybe earlier), apart from the rivets (the parts were typically laced together, not riveted). Typically, scabbards were covered with leather or fabric, too, through which the belt was often laced. |
Aaron Schnatterly wrote: |
As for the buckle... it's not bad... darned sure a lot better than a shiny chrome modern one! |
Joe Fisher wrote: | ||
Great pictures! Other than the leather cover on the scabbard, mine looks an awful lot like those. I'm looking forward to building version 2. While we're on the scabbard subject, I've read that shearling wool was generally used inside European scabbards. Is this generally accepted? Mine has felt inside, and is a fairly tight fit.
Thanks, that was exactly my feeling. I didn't have a lot of time to put it together, but I was damn sure I wasn't going to put a modern buckle on! -Joe |
Joe Fisher wrote: |
Great pictures! Other than the leather cover on the scabbard, mine looks an awful lot like those. |
Joe Fisher wrote: |
I'm looking forward to building version 2. |
Joe Fisher wrote: |
While we're on the scabbard subject, I've read that shearling wool was generally used inside European scabbards. Is this generally accepted? Mine has felt inside, and is a fairly tight fit. |
Russ Ellis wrote: |
It's my understanding that felt was also used in period although with the modern stuff I've had some problems with color bleed on to the sword blades. |
Aaron Schnatterly wrote: |
Thanks. Can't take credit for Patrick's pic, though... |
Aaron Schnatterly wrote: |
Leather cover and chape, yes. Good effort, actually! |
Joe Fisher wrote: |
Could you suggest reading I could do about period scabbards? This one was more for the experience than the authenticity. |
Joe Fisher wrote: |
Thanks :blush: Could you suggest reading I could do about period scabbards? This one was more for the experience than the authenticity. |