Greg E
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Post by Greg E on Nov 17, 2023 4:05:13 GMT
I have an Albion Broken Back Seax. This thing is pretty big, as shown in the picture with an Albion Theng. What would be the historically correct way to carry this? In a wooden core scabbard? In a leather sheath hanging off the belt? I am not sure how this would have been equipped. Any ideas?
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Post by eastman on Nov 18, 2023 1:58:09 GMT
can't be certain on the historical way, but if this was mine I would make a wood-cored scabbard. Inserting a long, sharp and pointy blade into a floppy leather sheath sounds like a recipe for stabbing a hole in the side of the sheath.
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Greg E
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Post by Greg E on Nov 18, 2023 3:19:26 GMT
can't be certain on the historical way, but if this was mine I would make a wood-cored scabbard. Inserting a long, sharp and pointy blade into a floppy leather sheath sounds like a recipe for stabbing a hole in the side of the sheath. They seem to have brass fittings and pretty thick leather and don't flop around usually. The 16" seax I have is like these and is fairly stiff. But the 3 feet long and I am not sure how they did it when it came to this size.
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Post by madirish on Nov 19, 2023 1:36:37 GMT
Any good sources for brass trimming? I have a seax that I forged that I'd like to make a sheath for.
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