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Christopher Treichel
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Posted: Wed 18 Jul, 2012 9:38 am Post subject: Cinquedea Scabbards |
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Question... I have been looking at cinquedea scabbards in paintings and pictures of origional ones...
What do you think... all leather or leather covering a wooden core? Vegetable tan leather for the origionals with all kinds of tooling. I suppose it would have to depend on the size of the cinquedea. The one I am making is the DelTin with the 18 inch blade. It has a bit of heft to it and I don't think just leather will do it well.
I did catch the series of posts about the suspension system on the back of the scabbard which is quite neat.
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Posted: Wed 18 Jul, 2012 11:23 am Post subject: |
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Never mind - inappropriate post
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Posted: Wed 18 Jul, 2012 11:45 am Post subject: |
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Base it on originals. Everybody who's guessed at cinquedea scabbards makes silly things, in my opinion. There are plenty of references available.
I would choose two layers of leather: a hardened leather (baked, perhaps) with a tooling leather on the outside. I would not use a wooden core, and certainly not a fully-formed one.
Attached are some that I've put on myArmoury.com before.
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Christopher Treichel
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Posted: Wed 18 Jul, 2012 12:21 pm Post subject: |
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Nathan,
thank you for the additional pictures.
Second picture is the one I was looking at in detail from another post about wearing cinquedea... as it was the only one I have seen so far with both the front and back shown. Where do you think the seam is hidden?
Tooling leather and no wood core it is then.
I am thinking about 8 or 9 oz leather could work. Partially wet form the leather... then do some basic tooling (I am not the most gifted artist) and sew it all up. That little chape looks very doable.
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Posted: Wed 18 Jul, 2012 12:33 pm Post subject: |
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Christopher Treichel wrote: | I am thinking about 8 or 9 oz leather could work. Partially wet form the leather... then do some basic tooling (I am not the most gifted artist) and sew it all up. That little chape looks very doable. |
That seems way, way overbuilt. I'd use a core of 5-6 oz (which might be too thick, too) leather, hardened, with an even thinner outside covering. 8-9oz leather would make it look like "cowboy action shooter" saddlery and that sort of thing.
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Christopher Treichel
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Posted: Wed 18 Jul, 2012 12:40 pm Post subject: |
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I am a bit intrigued by that double layer of leather idea.
I could try wax hardening the inner core... I have a few pounds of beeswax on hand. 2/3 oz tooling leather on the outside... interesting ideas.
I do love the way those scabbards look with all of the tooling.
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Christopher Treichel
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Posted: Wed 18 Jul, 2012 3:46 pm Post subject: |
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Thank you gents. This has really helped.
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Posted: Sat 21 Jul, 2012 12:34 pm Post subject: Original scabbards |
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Dear Christopher,
From personal experience, I can tell you scabbards are definitely only one thickness of leather, semi-tanned (scabbard butts), of varying thickness, up to 3mm max. For full discussion of manufacturing technique of hardened leather see my article "As Tough as Old Boots?" about hardened leather armour techniques of manufacture. IAAConference proceedings 2003. No oven necessary.
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Posted: Sat 21 Jul, 2012 1:40 pm Post subject: |
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From the V&A in April 2007...
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Posted: Sun 22 Jul, 2012 3:38 am Post subject: |
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Precisely: cuir bouilli was made from semi-tanned leather, now sold as 'scabbard butts'.
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Posted: Mon 23 Jul, 2012 1:17 am Post subject: |
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Does anyone know, why they did choose to make the Cinquedea's scabbards entirely from leather, without a wooden core? Was it because of weight or stability reasons? Or what else could have been the reason?
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Posted: Mon 23 Jul, 2012 1:34 am Post subject: |
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hris Dobson wrote Quote: | From personal experience, I can tell you scabbards are definitely only one thickness of leather, semi-tanned (scabbard butts), of varying thickness, up to 3mm max. For full discussion of manufacturing technique of hardened leather see my article "As Tough as Old Boots?" about hardened leather armour techniques of manufacture. IAAConference proceedings 2003. No oven necessary | .
Hi Chris, Thanks for the reference, but I am struggling to find a copy I can read, have you got a link I can go straight to?
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Posted: Mon 23 Jul, 2012 6:42 am Post subject: |
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Thomas R. wrote: | Does anyone know, why they did choose to make the Cinquedea's scabbards entirely from leather, without a wooden core? Was it because of weight or stability reasons? Or what else could have been the reason?
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Thomas, I think leather without a wood core was preferred simply because a wooden core was not necessary. I wear Del Tin Cinquedeas to Renaissance Faires, and from my experience, my leather-only scabbards do just fine. If you think about it, most Cinquedeas are really just big knives, and a properly done leather sheath with well positioned suspension thongs are all it needs.
Now, depending on where one chooses to wear their Cinquedea, that may make a difference in how the suspension thongs/straps are placed, but on that, I can only say I choose to wear mine on the left hip, like a conventional short sword. Two leather thongs go through the back of the scabbard, and sling from my waist belt. Works great for me all day long, whether sitting, walking or standing. I've not built a scabbard for the diagonal across-the-back wear, so I can't say what sort of scabbard type works best for this, but a hardened leather seems to me would be adequate . I'll have to look into this in the future.
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Christopher Treichel
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Posted: Mon 23 Jul, 2012 9:59 am Post subject: |
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Package from Tandy just arrived... so if I can find my camera I will post some picks when I get home of where I am going.
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Christopher Treichel
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Posted: Sat 28 Jul, 2012 11:39 am Post subject: |
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Here is what I ended up doing... its about 5oz tooling leather, tooled dyed java brown and sealed with tankote. The attachment on the reverse is with a thong made of black dyed hemp twine waxed wth beeswax. The thread used to sew it all together is waxed linnen thread double needle harness stich
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