christain
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Post by christain on Feb 7, 2018 0:04:53 GMT
I once made a liner for an old helmet out of a rabbit pelt. Very soft and comfortable. Shot the rabbit in my back field...cooked it on the grill. T'was most excellent. Waste not, want not.
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Post by Spoonie Bard on Feb 7, 2018 2:59:03 GMT
I once made a liner for an old helmet out of a rabbit pelt. Very soft and comfortable. Shot the rabbit in my back field...cooked it on the grill. T'was most excellent. Waste not, want not. Huzzah! Waste not! XD I was originally thinking of rabbit because the fur is soft, but there's so many options to choose from haha!
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Post by Jordan Williams on Feb 7, 2018 5:24:24 GMT
Personally I think cow hide would look nice. Perhaps Angus. The fur is very fine and the hide fairly thin, would also harden like a shell so you wouldn't have to bother with it flopping around or feeling flimsy. Might require some planning to set it in the basket.
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christain
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Post by christain on Feb 7, 2018 10:34:42 GMT
Solution: Hardened cowhide with the rabbit pelt glued inside. Best of both worlds. That is, IF you can still get your hand in the basket.
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Post by Spoonie Bard on Feb 20, 2018 0:25:08 GMT
Well guys, I managed to scrounge up some materials today to make a rough draft of sorts! Ended up getting some synthetic fur. The leather is a dark navy. The downside to the synthetic fur is that the fur gets EVERYWHERE. Which sucks because I have a wee little vacuum that isn't accustomed to picking up fur. :[ But here are some pics of the materials I got and the end result of the "rough draft". I was originally going to put eyelets on it to tie it to the grip, but mis-measured a bit. Regardless of the bad measuring, it stays on fine and is a comfortable replacement for the lining. Feels like I'm wielding a pointy pillow sometimes lol. Supplies and cuts: "Finished" views:
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Post by elbrittania39 on Feb 20, 2018 5:05:47 GMT
Very neat! That's a really fresh take on the basket look. It almost looks like a sword for a viking chief if they had complex hilts back then.
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Post by harrybeck on Feb 20, 2018 6:39:44 GMT
Viken cheef........ahhh laddie, bite your tung ya boggie blatherskite.
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christain
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Post by christain on Feb 20, 2018 16:35:52 GMT
I like it! Still may yet put some rabbit fur in my basket. That's a very unique custom look.
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Post by zabazagobo on Feb 20, 2018 23:36:08 GMT
That's looking really, really nice. Amazing how much better that sword looks once you loose the red fabric. The faux fur gives it a really cool, viking-esque, look.
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Post by Spoonie Bard on Jul 8, 2018 4:11:27 GMT
Heck, life got the best of me these last several months. I managed to record a video with the progress that I'd gone through with the prototype, but I haven't been able to work on it since... gosh, February?? LIFE WHY.
Making plans to finalize the design of the lining. I need to get thicker leather and contemplate if I want to use the faux fur again because it worked so well with the prototype or if I want to go ahead with the real fur. Lots to think about.
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Post by theglamismonster on Apr 10, 2020 1:04:02 GMT
With apologies for resurrecting a dead post, I have two comments regarding the pc2003/sh2003 Scottish back sword from Hanwei, and yes I own one, and I love the sword. 1. The figure on the basket is an image of king Charles the 1st. He was the king that the puritan cromwell killed, after doing so cromwell used a sword with an image of the king he had killed as a political tool. This was the start of type of sword called mortuary swords, so this sword could also be called a mortuary sword. As to why a cromwell type mortuary sword ended up in Scottish hands, perhaps the Scotsmen had it in memory of a Stuart king killed by the english puritans, or perhaps (and this is far more likely) there was a bunch of them being sold cheaply and lots of Scots purchased them. (I say this with lots of Scottish blood in me, that a bargain is hard for a Scotsman to walk past)
*Note, possibly the image is of Bonny Prince Charlie, or James in Exile, in which case it isn't a mortuary sword.
2. The red felt and the tassels have a specific meaning, they are taken from the body of someone killed with the sword. In this case they were taken from a red coat english officer (common soldiers didn't always have uniforms, and officers had tassels). It would be fine if it was yellow felt if you killed someone wearing that colour, or green, or blue and so on. It would be fine if you had nothing in it as you hadn't killed anyone yet. However to put rabbit fur in it means that you killed a rabbit, and hence forth shall you be known as Sir Bunny of Rabbiton. Perhaps you come from Clan MacFluffytail. Maybe you were with King Arthur in Monty Python and fought a rabbit with glowing red eyes.
*Note, scottish customs underwent a victorian romantic revival, it's hard to figure out what actually happened and what was dreamed up later.
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Post by Jordan Williams on Apr 10, 2020 7:59:42 GMT
Source for the coat making a liner? It does seem a little like the Romanesque "our enemies were such great warriors and yet we conquered them" propaganda. Would be interesting to know how much of it is true.
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Post by Luka on Apr 10, 2020 10:12:41 GMT
Cool look! Btw, this type of basket is english, not scottish.
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Post by theglamismonster on Apr 11, 2020 2:03:38 GMT
Source for the coat making a liner? It does seem a little like the Romanesque "our enemies were such great warriors and yet we conquered them" propaganda. Would be interesting to know how much of it is true. My father told me, and his father told him, so family custom. For what it is worth, it could have been something he heard at the pub while having a few, so don't take it seriously. It could have been a byproduct of Victorian romanticist recreations. A lot of current Scottish customs are exactly that.
Still, it does explain the red felt and tassels, so until i hear something that makes more sense, I'll assume it to be true.
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Post by theglamismonster on Apr 11, 2020 2:07:20 GMT
Cool look! Btw, this type of basket is english, not scottish. See, my theory about a bunch of Scotsmen getting a bargain on cheap english swords makes a lot of sense.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2021 16:18:42 GMT
What a unique look! I love it.
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