Arms and Armor Wood Scabbard -- myArmoury.com

Gordon Clark · Posted: Fri 24 Jun, 2005 7:07 am Post subject: Arms and Armor Wood Scabbard

Arms and Armor made me a wood scabbard for my English Longsword a while back. I have had it for a few weeks, but just getting around to posting pics. Overall, I'm very happy with it, esp at the price point - the fit is good, and the suspension system works well and looks authentic. The buckle is quite nice - cast from a mold made using an actual historical buckle, and the chape looks nice as well.

Gordon

Joe Fults · Posted: Fri 24 Jun, 2005 11:46 am Post subject:

I hope they put some pictures of it up on thier site.

It looks very well done.

Joel Whitmore · Posted: Fri 24 Jun, 2005 11:48 am Post subject: Very Nice Gordon

I did not know Craig and the boys did scababrds(wooden core) and suspensions. That's a very nice package.

Joel

Bill Grandy · myArmoury Team

I really like the metalwork. That's very nice! I'd thought about asking them to do a wooden scabbard for my Milanese rapier that I'd ordered from them not too long ago, but I didn't really have the money, so I just decided I could get a scabbard some time in the future... your pics make me regret that. Razz

Lancelot Chan · Industry Professional

Wow, nice belt setup and scabbard. Mind to tell me how much does it cost? (PM me please if it's not good to gimme the price here)

Ryan A. C. · Posted: Fri 24 Jun, 2005 12:43 pm Post subject:

I knew they did historic scabbards, but I didn't know what they looked like... Well, at least not for the 15th century stuff, they have a picture of one for the 12th century sword on their site. That looks very well made and quite beautiful. Thanks for the pictures.

Pax

Gordon Clark · Posted: Fri 24 Jun, 2005 2:41 pm Post subject:

Thanks guys - I like it. The price is just a bit over that of Albion's Campaign scabbards, and the quality is comparable, (I think) - some things are nicer (the chape, for instance) and some may not be as good (the A&A scabbard edges are considerably thicker, and have more of a "rectangular" cross section than the Albion's Campaign line, which have a lenticular cross section that matches the blades - at least the one I have does). I imagine that the A&A scabbard may be sturdier, but I believe that historical examples are more like the Albion ones.

A couple of other comments - the buckle is nice, and the rivets on the belt are obviously "home made" (as opposed to the one on my Albion belt which is modern), they look like a small ring was punched and then the "male" part was pushed through and peened over to create a rivet. A nice touch, I thought.

This is a fairly new offering from A&A, and while these scabbards may not (yet) match the historical detail of their swords, I like the look very much - a "custom" feel without the hefty price tag.

Gordon