Terry Thompson wrote: |
I've made a few wooden cores from the bending method. ... : : : The swords in this photo are all hanging by their crosshilts, and the scabbard cores are just being suspended by friction on the blade. [ Linked Image ] -Terry |
Terry,
Thanks for the detailed description of how you do the bent-slat method.
In your photo I see what looks like an Albion Vassal. On a single-edged sword such as that, where the back edge does not taper (is essentially of a flat, square cross-section for most of its length), does the bent-slat method still work?
The way I picture it, this method would work best with a blade that tapers off symmetrically from its midline to both edges. I would just like to clarify if you had to do something different with the Vassal, as I have two single-edged blades I would like to make scabbards for.