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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2009 3:41:28 GMT
Hey guys n gals ) I'm working on a new scabbard, Thought I'd share. This one is curly walnut. I started making a suspension for it, but the leather just interrupts the natural beauty of the wood. The rigging will have to be removeable. I'll post more pics when I finish it in a few days. Cheers
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Post by Brendan Olszowy on May 20, 2009 4:10:31 GMT
Just Beautiful I'd be pretty stoked with that. What glue are you using to bond the 2 halves? Cheers
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2009 11:59:25 GMT
What glue are you using to bond the 2 halves? Titebond III woodglue.
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2009 15:04:21 GMT
That scabbard is gorgeous.. very well done! Keep us updated on this project!
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Post by Brendan Olszowy on May 21, 2009 6:43:34 GMT
Titebond III hey. Well they do make a major fuss of it on their site: www.titebond.com/WNTitebondIIITB.aspI wonder if it would be more appropriate than epoxy. I usually use epoxy on everything but recently had the grip from reepicheep start to spread along the seam. I think maybe it was a little green still. I now am onto the Danish Oil finish and absolutely love it. So I have been and sealed up all my grips with it to avoid any future moisture transfer. I love the finish it gives, and have seen from lose droplets that it dries mega hard. Again an absolutely beautiful scabbard. I just picked up some walnut and might make some stuff with it too. Can I ask where you got the tip for it? Was it off the original scabbard?
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2009 8:03:20 GMT
Fabulous grain and wonderful shape! Great work! Wish I could get some of that wood over here.
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Post by shadowhowler on May 21, 2009 8:14:32 GMT
AWESOME. Whats the sword? The two tone wire grip looks like your work as well, similar to what you did to my old Solingen. Great work. +1
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2009 12:41:36 GMT
Thanks for the complements guys. ;D
The Sword is a Windlass 15th Century longsword, and yeah i regripped it awhile back. This is actually the second scabbard i made for it too, I got tired of looking at the old one. The chape was scavenged from the original Windlass scabbard.
Brendan, if the wood you're gluing has any oil content to it (and even if it doesn't, for gp) take a Qtip or a piece of cloth soaked in acetone and carefully go over the edges to be glued so you can be sure there aren't any oil contaminants to interfere with the glueing.
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2009 19:11:26 GMT
That's pretty great, I've always wanted to see some scabbards letting the natural wood show like that. Making a suspension that compliments the wood grain might be tricky though.
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Post by Brendan Olszowy on May 22, 2009 13:37:27 GMT
I've got a heap of walnut as of yesterday. I am making SoD a scabbard out of it for the FanTacWak (my first scabbard - it fits good but the insides are pretty fugly). I made a mint wand out of it tonight too. I love the way the light refracts on it like a star saphire. Wierd.
What finish did you put on yours. Mine was that colour too until I put danish oil on it and its similar but a fair bit darker now.
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2009 23:40:45 GMT
What finish did you put on yours. Tung oil. It was a shade lighter beforehand. I may have to check out this danish oil too.
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Post by Brendan Olszowy on May 23, 2009 12:54:37 GMT
Danish Oil is awesome. It goes on very clear. There's no colour to muck up the natural colour. It then hardens super hard. I spilled a couple of drops on my bench and they hard hardened like a rock. But unlike varnish it isn't a coating over the wood that can chip or flake, it's in the wood like oil, but provides a solid barrier, and a dry non-oily feel, which is nice. I only just got onto it, but really like it and have gone over all my swords coating all the woods.
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2009 13:29:12 GMT
Man I love that wood, I'd grab a piece and oil it just because it is so beautiful.
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2009 16:11:17 GMT
Here we go: crude but effective, and more importantly, removeable. I hate to admit it, but I don't own a sword belt. It's on the list though. I have another plank from the same board, but I'm out of swords that need scabbards...
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