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Matthew Bunker




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PostPosted: Thu 24 May, 2012 3:08 am    Post subject: 13th century cleaver scabbards.         Reply with quote

Wood cored, wool lined, veg tan, natural dyes blah blah blah....

Finished them yesterday a.m., sat outside in the blazing sunshine under the wisteria as the bees buzzed in the background, thinking to myself "I could do this for a living....if I could learn to live on fresh air and didn't mind living in a ditch".



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Tomas Bjørkhaug




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PostPosted: Thu 24 May, 2012 3:22 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Very beautiful! Impressive!
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Kai Lawson





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PostPosted: Thu 24 May, 2012 1:32 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

I REALLY like these. Full points for awesomeness
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Jean Thibodeau




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PostPosted: Thu 24 May, 2012 9:31 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Look very much like giant Bowie Knives. Eek!

Nice and practical looking scabbards. Big Grin Cool

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Roberto Banfi




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PostPosted: Thu 24 May, 2012 11:23 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

one of the best repro of the "coltello da ferire" I've ever seen! literally it's "knife for harming" aka war-knife
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Brian Robson





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PostPosted: Fri 25 May, 2012 4:08 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Verry nice :-)

btw. Where did you get the cleavers from?
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Matthew Bunker




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PostPosted: Fri 25 May, 2012 4:50 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

They're not mine ( I don't do anything later than 8th century really, except for the occasional bit of standing at the top of Senlac, waiting for the Normans to catch their breath), they belong to a friend of mine who does Norman and Angevin stuff.

Not sure who made them. I'll ask him.

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Matthew P. Adams




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PostPosted: Fri 25 May, 2012 12:22 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Beautiful scabbards, are those blades one sharp and one rebated?
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Matthew Bunker




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PostPosted: Sat 26 May, 2012 6:09 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Matthew P. Adams wrote:
are those blades one sharp and one rebated?


Yup. One very sharp and one re-enactment combat blunt.

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