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Matthew G.M. Korenkiewicz
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 Posted: Sat 08 Mar, 2008 4:10 pm Post subject: A Modest Scabbard For My Albion St. Maurice |
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I recently acquired an Albion St. Maurice Of Turin broadsword and asked
Greg Griggs, who did a scabbard for my Albion Duke, to make a home for
the St. Maurice...
Next to my Albion Templar...
The design for the scabbard ( nothing fancy, done by yours truly, and once again
keeping the metal bits to a minimum ) ...
Thankyou, Greg ! You did yourself proud once again .... B-)
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Corey D. Sullivan
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| Posted: Sat 08 Mar, 2008 6:03 pm Post subject: |
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Congrats Matt! It looks great. Very sleek, and I must say that I'm jealous!
-Cheers!
"He had scantly finyshed his saienge but the one armye espyed the other lord how hastely the souldioures buckled their healmes how quikly the archers bent ther bowes and frushed their feathers how redely the byllmen shoke their bylles and proved their staves redy to appioche and loyne when the terrible trotnpet should sound the blast to victorie or deathe."
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M. Eversberg II
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| Posted: Sun 09 Mar, 2008 4:22 am Post subject: |
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Very nice. Needs a period outfit to match!
M.
This space for rent or lease.
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Hugo Voisine
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Wow, very nice scabbard (and sword)... I like the stitching on the scabbard's mouth.
No buckle on the belt, meaning it has to be tied, or do you plan on posing a buckle later ?
« Que dites-vous ?... C'est inutile ?... Je le sais !
Mais on ne se bat pas dans l'espoir du succès !
Oh ! non, c'est bien plus beau lorsque c'est inutile ! »
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Matthew G.M. Korenkiewicz
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| Posted: Sun 09 Mar, 2008 7:23 am Post subject: |
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Corey, M., Hugo ... Thanks for your comments ... I like the stiching on the backside of the
scabbard as well, seems more Historically apropos ( not that I know for sure, mind you ).
Hugo, one of the things I've noted on a couple of the scabbards I've had made for swords
is that the metal-bits require as much care as the blade itself. Most of the time its not a
big problem, but if you have aged or tinted parts, using some cleaning supplies ( like
flitz for instance ) could remove the tint. So I've recently been determined to illiminate
as much of the metal parts -- like using ties as opposed to buckles -- as reasonable. The
amount of leather Greg left actually DOES make looping around the waist and even the
shoulder quite possible.
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Jason Elrod
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Matthew, How well does the scabbard fit the sword?
If I remember correctly from a post on another forum Greg made the scabbard around his own St Maurice of Turin sword so that you didn't have to ship yours to him.
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Matthew G.M. Korenkiewicz
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| Jason Elrod wrote: | Matthew, How well does the scabbard fit the sword?
If I remember correctly from a post on another forum Greg made the scabbard around his own St Maurice of Turin sword so that you didn't have to ship yours to him. |
Hi Jason ... Greg also lined the scabbard ( which I've forgotten to mention ) with wool, I believe.
At first the fit appeared a too tight and I had to lean a bit to sheath the sword entirely. But after I
cleaned and waxed the sword, the fit was smooth and neat. I'm sure things will losen up a over
time, but -- as I'm not out there whipping my swords around -- its more important to me to have
a protective home for the sword.
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