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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2008 9:59:55 GMT
Hi fellows, I have been working on my first scabbard for a couple of month now and I wanted to share the work in progress with you all. The scabbard is based on one of Peter Johnson's design. It is now almost done, save for the cleaning, dying and suspensions are also to be added. I find that I couln't have started this project without the post and pictures I found here and there so I hope this might be of use to the ones willing to take the challenge of making their own scabbard If you want more info about the work in progress and earlier stages of this project you can check my post on myarmoury here (http://www.myarmoury.com/talk/viewtopic.php?t=14557 - hope it's ok to post links to another forum?). I will update both threads from now on. Pics are below and looking forward to hearing your thoughts and comments! Cheers, Julien edit: I got around posting with photobucket. Check pics below!
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Post by 293master293 on Dec 2, 2008 17:47:45 GMT
Looks good. Please post pictures as you finish it, I would like to see where this goes.
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Post by ShooterMike on Dec 3, 2008 3:06:34 GMT
Julien,
That looks like very nice work. I especially like the stitching up the back and what looks like incised lines on the risers and edges of the front side. And the leather looks like the fit is superb.
Very nice indeed!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 3, 2008 10:18:28 GMT
Hi guys, Thanks for your feedback and comments...much appreciated. I'm waiting for leather products (dye and conditionner etc) to complete the project, I'll probably be done with the all thing this week end. Yep those are incised lines, a light cut with a swivel knife and a second pass with a sharp wooden sculpting tool to enlarge the cut. As I have been learning as I went, they are not evenly done on the all scabbard and I might correct that before dying it. Yes the fit is spot on: I can hold the scabbard down with the sword inside and it will stay in there, but it can be drawn very easily too...beginner's luck I'm sure, as my chisel work was fairly random at first I'll post more pics when all is done! Cheers, J
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Post by Deleted on Dec 3, 2008 13:39:43 GMT
Very Nice! I am looking forward to see how this comes out. Not so sure about the beginners luck thing in projects like this mangeclous, I think you made your own luck here Debbie
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2008 12:37:33 GMT
Nice work! My own very limited foray into leather working is enough to be really impressed. I can't wait to see where you go with the finish on it.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2008 15:33:44 GMT
Hi everyone, After having to wait for two weeks for the leather dye and lexol to be delivered at my place, I was finally able to dye the scabbard this morning. I had previously tried to apply dye on a small piece of leather as a test with poor results: the colour was not evenly spread. With some apprehensions I took on the scabbard itself. I have to say this is not rocket science and I am very pleased with the results! The colour is rich and evenly spread and it brings out the leather tooling nicely. The oxblood is slightly darker than expected but my crecy handle being black it looks far better in the end. First, I prepared the leather with lexol cleaner. Then I followed the advice on the dye box, and I did wet the all scabbard with a sponge so that the leather would be damp before receiving any dye (now that's crucial, and made all the difference with my previous attempt on the test leather). I did not stop moving the cotton applicator until the dye was absorbed, to avoid having some liquid running and marking the scabbard sideways (Especially on the side opposite to the one you are working on). I used long strokes along the all length of the core. I left the scabbard for 20 minutes and then applied a second layer, while making sure I didn't leave any details uncovered (especially along the sewing edge in the back). I left it to rest for half an hour, then applied some conditioner on it...done! Suspensions today or tommorow! pics are below (and a short youtube video as well (I'll make another one with the sword inside in a while: fr.youtube.com/watch?v=Nj-o3Vzpeu0 ) All the best, J
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2008 21:18:08 GMT
All I can say is, very nice, and damn I wish I had bought an Albion Crecy before the price increase. Any way, if you ever find that sword taking up to much room in your house.....who am I kidding?
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