I made this wood cored scabbard for my new Windlass Towton.

I have been re-enacting for 15 years and have never made a scabbard, this is the first one.

The parrallel risers are where the belt suspension will attach.

I still have to finish sewing up the back seam and the steel chape needs to be moved up higher and set in place.

Pretty happy with the way it came out for a first effort. :D

My next project is to remove the lacquer and redo the grip.

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Great job! A few questions:

-How did you do the risers?
-Did you make the chape yourself?
-How do you decide where to attach the suspension system?

How are you going to set the chape in place? Is it just a friction fit, or do you use glue, or some other sneeky method I haven't thought of?

-Grey

Rod;

Well if this is your first effort it looks very professionally made to me and it is also very well designed and attractive. :cool:

The chape is pressure fitted. I squashed it open in the vice, inserted the scabbard tip and tapped it into place and then relesed the vice. The steel sprang back and it is very tightly fitted now.

This may not work for the next chape as I will make one from scratch in brass.

Thanks, I have wondered about the attachment of lockets as well. Let me know how you end up going about that if you redo that, too.

-Grey

i would be glad to know if theer is an internet source that teches how to work leather in this way, stitching included.

Thanks Rod!
I will remember that one.

Anyway i am thinking of proposing an extra thread here upon myArmoury.com, with al kind of do it your self topics.
There seam to apear more and more people here on this thread that are making verry cool, and to my oppinion verry hight qualitie, "home" projects...

And i would love to here more about the way they do that...

... maybe because i tend to mess up my one home projects every now and then... :lol: :lol: :lol: :\ :D :eek: :p

Nice job on the scabbard. I just hope my future first attempt will be as successful.

Good Job, Rod! That scabbard looks quite nice, especially for a first attempt! Keep us posted on the suspensary system, and how it looks when it's finished and hanging off of your belt (especially how it hands while your mounted.)

Cheers!

Gordon

First effort? Wow. Very impressive work, Rod.

That looks fantastic! I've been toying with the idea of giving my Towton a makeover in terms of a grip re-wrap and possibly a new scabbard, so I'm interested to see how your project turns out. :)

Thanks for the kind words all. I didn't have any decent buckles for the belt for this scabbard so I made this one from scratch, again, this is the first buckle I've ever made :D

I may not use it as I am going to make a few more and see if I can do better.

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Hope to have the belt and suspension all finished this weekend.

Very nice work there! Are all your first efforts as nice as these two? :cool:

Rod;

First efforts. :eek: :eek: :eek: Some people with years of experience would have trouble making something that would be so much better that we would notice it at a glance. :p :cool:

Looks like you are at at least within a stone' s throw of fully professional work. :D

Very slick work Rod.

Greyson Brown wrote:

Thanks, I have wondered about the attachment of lockets as well. Let me know how you end up going about that if you redo that, too.

Despite the fondness of sword manufacturers for putting them on every scabbard regardless of period, I'm not aware of lockets at the mouth of any scabbards before the late 17th century.

Cheers
Stephen