[Brian K.]

Hello myArmoury community,

I'd like to share my recently completed Albion Jarl viking style scabbard. I don't get as many Viking style scabbard orders, so when the opportunity comes up I really enjoy the process, as it is a very unique style & look.

This one features a handmade strap bridge, handmade chape, custom designed leather tooling, and tan coloring with some gentle aging. For this particular order, no baldric was made.

Comments & question's are welcome, and thank you for looking!

[Tim Lison]

Awesome as always Brian! I really like the Thor's Hammer motif. The tooling of the leather is really superb!

[Brian K.]

[Nathan Robinson]

You never cease to bring a new creativity to your work. Constant artistic innovation is a difficult thing to accomplish. You've done well.

[Tim Seaton]

Outstanding Brian Viking Motif Tooling is Amazing ~ TYR is smiling down at you ~

[Colt Reeves]

Dumb question: Is the wooden belt loop there historically accurate? I've been seeing those here and there on the net and assuming them to be artistic license.

[Brian K.]

[Carl W.]

Brian,

I haven't commented in a while as always great but also some got a little too complex for my taste. This one gets my vote for #1 - overall not too complicated but locally superb.

Thanks for yours/Colt's bridge comment, didn't know that. Another dumb question - other than hammer, are the "culicues" taken from something old or what led to that design? (Can take that as a general question about design-for-tooling for your scabbards if desired.) Well Done (!) regardless, thank you Very Much for sharing here.

Carl

[Brian K.]

[Keith L. Rogers]

I took delivery of this scabbard today. Being local to Brian, I've probably seen more DBK scabbards in person than anyone else outside of his family. While the craftsmanship of all that I've seen has been outstanding, this one really, really rocks my world. I supplied Brian with the motifs of the Läby hammer and Jelling dragons, asked for a baldric suspension, and left the implementation entirely up to him. The cliche 'pictures don't do it justice' is completely accurate in this case. I am pleased beyond words with what Brian came up with.

-Keith

[JG Elmslie]

Brian, your work never ceases to leave me boggled. as ever, superb.... ( we might have to start calling these sort of works "average" soon, as you're pushing the standard up way beyond mere mortals' work with so many fantastic peices. )

Having tried to make a couple of bits over the years, I wish I knew what sort of leather you use for the scabbards, to get such amazingly crisp tooling. I'm envious of it!

But, envy and acclaim aside, what I'd like to ask is, what sort of wood is the strap bridge, as its a really lovely timber, and a fairly dark wood? Looks beautiful.

[Brian K.]

[JG Elmslie]

[Brian K.]

If I don't have access to actual documentation, or historical reference of exact specification I generally look at plausibility when I'm being artistic, and as such stranger things have happened than a piece of walnut showing up in Northern Europe though it did cross my mind. Materials of all sorts have been moving around the 'old' world in all different ways for thousands of years. Why not? Ultimately, it does look good though, as you said.

I generally use a slightly thicker leather than most think would be used for such application, as I get better tooling results. I've also used thinner depending on the application. It's all part of the process of planning out each scabbard as an individual project.