Historical linen specs for wood core?
Mar 30, 2024 0:36:02 GMT
Post by jimmythedonut on Mar 30, 2024 0:36:02 GMT
Hi all, I am working on my first proper wood core (unlined) scabbard. I have to wet/clamp the wood over the sword due to the blade dimensions. 3mm birch plywood because 12"x1/8"x60" sheets are $10 at my local wood store. Everything is mostly figured out beyond the special decorations Im going to do because God forbid I just make something simple, which was the plan. No, I have to keep shifting the goal posts MID PRODUCTION to always be slightly out of my skill level until I've force marched myself deep into specialty territory.
ANYWAYS, she's wrapped tight with some scrap straps of fabric right now for a final tightening. Gonna take the inside up to a 2000+grit and apply tung oil to take 0 chances. Blade was 5x ren wax'd, then wrapped with saran wrap and duct tape to slightly extend the proportions so when I removed it, it should be a slightly loose fit or allow more variance for wood swell.
After I glue the seams and sand the external profile (waiting to do that with 100% side contact so it can be smooth), I am going to do 1+ layers of linen wrapped as tightly as I can, then more hide glue painted over it, for reasons elaborated on by people far better than me. The plan, theoretically, is some cheap muslin because it's A. cheap and B. very thin which lets me apply multiple layers and slightly being able to control the overlap/layer placement to further help shape the final external profile, alongside sanding excess glue between each sanding to make it as streamlined and durable as possible. Then comes the top glued leather risers/etc and then the leather final layer.
Does anyone know how thick or thin historical linen was that made this "fiberglass" like composition? At what point do you get diminishing returns for multiple tight layers of glue soaked linen and is it recommend you do 1 layer at a time or wrap multiple overlapping layers and THEN glue/sand as 1 complete entity? I do have some tolerances I have to stay within the bounds of as I am using some Tod Cutler fittings because, again, this started as a non-tooled, leather strap wrapped basic scabbard but God damn my inability to not be satisfied with anything short of the nicest stuff. At least I know not to try and tool so much, the plan is playing with risers prior to forming the leather around them since I can simply take them off the linen and shift my plan.
Anyways, any advice on the linen here would be appreciated, thank you!
ANYWAYS, she's wrapped tight with some scrap straps of fabric right now for a final tightening. Gonna take the inside up to a 2000+grit and apply tung oil to take 0 chances. Blade was 5x ren wax'd, then wrapped with saran wrap and duct tape to slightly extend the proportions so when I removed it, it should be a slightly loose fit or allow more variance for wood swell.
After I glue the seams and sand the external profile (waiting to do that with 100% side contact so it can be smooth), I am going to do 1+ layers of linen wrapped as tightly as I can, then more hide glue painted over it, for reasons elaborated on by people far better than me. The plan, theoretically, is some cheap muslin because it's A. cheap and B. very thin which lets me apply multiple layers and slightly being able to control the overlap/layer placement to further help shape the final external profile, alongside sanding excess glue between each sanding to make it as streamlined and durable as possible. Then comes the top glued leather risers/etc and then the leather final layer.
Does anyone know how thick or thin historical linen was that made this "fiberglass" like composition? At what point do you get diminishing returns for multiple tight layers of glue soaked linen and is it recommend you do 1 layer at a time or wrap multiple overlapping layers and THEN glue/sand as 1 complete entity? I do have some tolerances I have to stay within the bounds of as I am using some Tod Cutler fittings because, again, this started as a non-tooled, leather strap wrapped basic scabbard but God damn my inability to not be satisfied with anything short of the nicest stuff. At least I know not to try and tool so much, the plan is playing with risers prior to forming the leather around them since I can simply take them off the linen and shift my plan.
Anyways, any advice on the linen here would be appreciated, thank you!
