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Mike Luke
Location: Nevada Joined: 21 Mar 2004
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 Posted: Thu 20 Apr, 2006 2:57 pm Post subject: Sword scabbards (not period) |
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I reciently finished these leather scabbards . My wife did the knotwork with a program she downloaded and I did the tooling and hand stitching.
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Helen Miller
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I'm very impressed by the knotwork and the overall appearance. May I ask how she placed the knotwork on the leather???
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Jared Smith
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I'll second the congratulations on the tooling. Nice job!
Incidentally, some of the "authenti-Nazi's" (term coined by Aaron Schnatterly) will tell you that these are "sheaths" if there is no wood core inside.
Absence of evidence is not necessarily evidence of absence!
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Mike Luke
Location: Nevada Joined: 21 Mar 2004
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| Helen Miller wrote: | | I'm very impressed by the knotwork and the overall appearance. May I ask how she placed the knotwork on the leather??? |
Thank you.
The Vinland Sword (one on the right) has a taper in the knotwork which the program does not have provisions for so my wife freehanded it lightly with a pencil. The Gotland was created with the program and traced onto the leather.
I'll second the congratulations on the tooling. Nice job!
| Jared Smith wrote: | | Incidentally, some of the "authenti-Nazi's" (term coined by Aaron Schnatterly) will tell you that these are "sheaths" if there is no wood core inside |
Interesting? I always thought Sheaths were for knifes and scabbards were for swords. It never dawned on me that the names might be associated with construction method. Thanks.
Last edited by Mike Luke on Fri 21 Apr, 2006 8:23 am; edited 1 time in total
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Addison C. de Lisle
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Wow, those are really nice!
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Jeff Smith
Location: San Diego, CA Joined: 11 Apr 2006
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Looks great! I'm planning an attempt at making my own scabbard with the wood inserts for my Crecy. Any suggestions from the gang here would be wonderful... 
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Helen Miller
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| Mike Luke wrote: | | Helen Miller wrote: | | I'm very impressed by the knotwork and the overall appearance. May I ask how she placed the knotwork on the leather??? |
Thank you.
The Vinland Sword (one on the right) has a taper in the knotwork which the program does not have provisions for so my wife freehanded it lightly with a pencil. The Gotland was created with the program and traced onto the leather.
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Thanks for the info!
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Greyson Brown
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| Jeff Smith wrote: | | Looks great! I'm planning an attempt at making my own scabbard with the wood inserts for my Crecy. Any suggestions from the gang here would be wonderful... |
There are several forum topics on scabbard construction here. The easiest way to find them is to click on the favorites tab at the top right of the page. If you don't have any favorites of your own set up, I think it takes you directly to the members' favorites list. Otherwise, just click on the Show Top Favorites as picked by our members. There are 3 or 4 topics in there, and I think several of those contain links to other scabbard threads.
Also look at the scabbards page at Albion Armorers. There isn't much info there, but there are some pictures that might help.
"So long as I can keep the path of honor I am well content."
-Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The White Company
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This is a standard topic