Made a poplar scabbard core
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Made a poplar scabbard core
Howdy folks; as always it's been awhile since I posted. Thought I'd share my latest project. I made this from 2 pieces of 1/4" poplar glued together. Before the gluing I made the sword channel with a power router and did the shaping with a rasp and sander. Sealed with beeswax. The sword is a K.C. Viking....love this blade!
So, here it is before the staining.
Front
Back
The fit around the guard
Mouth opening
Tight enough to hold upside down
And a couple of shots showing the sides
And here it is finished. I stained the leather on the handle to match the scabbard.
The Back
The front
The front again
So, here it is before the staining.
Front
Back
The fit around the guard
Mouth opening
Tight enough to hold upside down
And a couple of shots showing the sides
And here it is finished. I stained the leather on the handle to match the scabbard.
The Back
The front
The front again
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Re: Made a poplar scabbard core
That is awesome!
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Beautiful grain to the wood- the stain really brings it out.
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Re: Made a poplar scabbard core
Very nicely done Brother Avery! Looks perfect!
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I can't tell very well from those pictures but it looks to me like the wood is still fairly thick and blocky. The main part of the process of making scabbard liners is the thinness to shave it down to. On the ones I've made, I've brought the wood down to less than 1/8" and this was still chunkier than the extant scabbard fittings. Another thing is that in using beeswax to seal the wood and making it fit so tight, you're probably going to have an issue with the steel sticking to the inside of the scabbard. Also, once the leather goes on the beeswax will repel any glue you put on there in addition to the stitching.
It looks nice, just remember that the thickness of the leather will be adding to that wood.
It looks nice, just remember that the thickness of the leather will be adding to that wood.
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I'm pretty sure he's not doing a leather wrap...wouldn't have gone through the trouble to stain it if it was just going to be covered up.
Avery, it's lovely. Complements the blade wonderfully. Any plans for harness/hanging?
Avery, it's lovely. Complements the blade wonderfully. Any plans for harness/hanging?
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Re: Made a poplar scabbard core
deadextra wrote:I can't tell very well from those pictures but it looks to me like the wood is still fairly thick and blocky. The main part of the process of making scabbard liners is the thinness to shave it down to. On the ones I've made, I've brought the wood down to less than 1/8" and this was still chunkier than the extant scabbard fittings. Another thing is that in using beeswax to seal the wood and making it fit so tight, you're probably going to have an issue with the steel sticking to the inside of the scabbard. Also, once the leather goes on the beeswax will repel any glue you put on there in addition to the stitching.
It looks nice, just remember that the thickness of the leather will be adding to that wood.
I don't plan to wrap this one with leather, I've decided to leave it as is, aside rom forging a chape for it. My initial idea was to try the stain and if I didn't like it just strip it down and do leather. The wall thickness is a little under 3/16", right at 5/32".
Thanks all for the compliments.
@Greg - I may make a bridge for it, but I haven't decided. Going to do the chape first.
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Ah, that's a bit better. The title of the thread says scabbard core, so I assumed you meant it's the liner for a scabbard.
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You make chapes? You capable of doing chapes like this, perhaps in steel? I'll be needing one custom fit to a scabbard project later this winter.Avery P. wrote:Going to do the chape first.
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Re: Made a poplar scabbard core
Great job Avery! Looking forward to the suspension system as well!
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Anyone know what scabbard cores were made from historically?
I have heard that oak is bad (High tannin causes rust), but not what was used. I believe that the one sword scabbard in the Museum of London's Knives and Scabbards is only leather. I'm not sure if there was a core that rotted or was otherwise discarded. Poplar was used for pattens.
I have heard that oak is bad (High tannin causes rust), but not what was used. I believe that the one sword scabbard in the Museum of London's Knives and Scabbards is only leather. I'm not sure if there was a core that rotted or was otherwise discarded. Poplar was used for pattens.
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Re: Made a poplar scabbard core
Yeah, when I started it was just going to be a core, but I decided to see what it'd look like this way first.deadextra wrote:Ah, that's a bit better. The title of the thread says scabbard core, so I assumed you meant it's the liner for a scabbard.
Sure, I could do one like that. Not sure what my schedule will be like this winter though. We can talk about it more when you're closer to being ready.Greg wrote:You make chapes? You capable of doing chapes like this, perhaps in steel? I'll be needing one custom fit to a scabbard project later this winter.Avery P. wrote:Going to do the chape first.
@Ken - thanks. Just gotta find the time to make the suspension system....
@Caedmon - I've heard that many wooden scabbards for Viking blades were made from Yew, but I haven't followed up to find if that's true.
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