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Post by Deleted on May 10, 2007 20:40:03 GMT
Hello all,
As I mentioned on another thread I have three MRL 1860 Lt Cav Sabres. I mentioned that I had ground down the edge of one of my MRL sabres to the same dimensions as an original I measured, the Henry Boker sabre. I then sharpened it and reshaped and dressed up the edge, and false edge, etc.. Before I did that it fitted snugly into the scabbard, not falling out if you tilted it. Now it just fits in there relatively loosely, falling out if you tilt it over (one of my other two MRL sabres does that anyway).
What can you do to make a scabbard snug on your blade so it won't just fall out?
Thanks,
FB
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Post by hotspur on May 12, 2007 21:45:07 GMT
Hi Freebooter,
I think it was in discussing your anaylsis of the Cold Steel sword that I mentioned the reason we see so many original scabbards with dents down towards the toe. That would be one solution. You mentioned the plastic that was in the Cold Steel scabbard and it my have been used to help aid retention. Some 19th century swords had wooden slats in there.
Some enterprising folk have tried things like putting some foam rubber in there. Since most of your dimensional change was in blade width you might trying gluing a strip of something in there that would close up the throat a bit. The foam rubber trick works but if it all ends up bunching up down at the bottom, you may have difficulty in grabbing it back out (gun cleaning rod with a jag). Just be aware that anything you put in there can trap moisture and keep an eye on things. You could experiment with strips wood veneer that would grab the flats.
Cheers
Hotspur; I actually use a split plastic straw inside one knife scabbard
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2007 13:04:47 GMT
Thanks Hotspur. I have thought of taking the throat mouth out and trying to attached thin strips of metal which have been bent back and forth (like what is inside of a German WWII bayonet scabbard). But I have no means to make them or attach them. But I will think of something.
Thanks,
FB
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2007 15:18:47 GMT
Hey Hotspur,
I did not take the throat completely out. Even with the screws out it would not come out. But I did ease a small screw driver down in there and pry the two metal "things" back out away from the scabbard walls the best I could, thus making it a bit more snug. I couldn't do it as I liked without proper tools, but it is better. In the German WWII bayonet's metal scabbard you will find, attached to each side of the throat thing at the opening, and hanging or extending down into the scabbard a few inches, pieces of wide, thin metal bent, also blued if I remember correctly, crimped or what have you into a wavy design. The blade is subsequently squeezed by these keeping a very snug fit. I wish my MRL sabre had these. In it is only the two narrow things about three inches long with a sort of swell at each end. But if they get bent back up against the sides of the scabberd, then the snugness, which was marginal at best, is gone.
Just thought I would let you know my findings.
FB
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