Templar Bob's Cool Projects

Constancius · Post by **Constancius** » Mon Apr 09, 2001 8:43 am

Thanks for the links T-Bob. They will come in handy. I'm looking forward to seeing the construction essay for the scabbards.

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Templar Bob/De Tyre · Post by **Templar Bob/De Tyre** » Mon Apr 09, 2001 3:06 pm

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Constancius:
Thanks for the links T-Bob. They will come in handy. I'm looking forward to seeing the construction essay for the scabbards.

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Constancius:

Gaston took the liberty of posting the article further up the thread.

I'll have photos done by this weekend.

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Robert Coleman, Jr.

The Noble Companie and Order of St. Maurice

Those who beat their swords into plowshares end up plowing for those who don't.

olaf haraldson · Post by **olaf haraldson** » Mon Apr 09, 2001 3:30 pm

This is something I have been thinking about doing, especially now that I'm getting a quillon/pommel set from Mandrake. Yours are awesome, and have definitely prompted me to kick myself in the ass and get started!!
Great work!

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Martin de la Riviere · Tue Apr 10, 2001 12:25 am

T Bob, any chance that these coucld be adapted to suit a Roman gladius? A couple of friends of mine are experimenting with making authentic shaped and weighted ones out of rattan and it would be great if we could have scabbards for them as well.

Templar Bob/De Tyre · Post by **Templar Bob/De Tyre** » Tue Apr 10, 2001 6:50 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Martin de la Riviere:
T Bob, any chance that these coucld be adapted to suit a Roman gladius? A couple of friends of mine are experimenting with making authentic shaped and weighted ones out of rattan and it would be great if we could have scabbards for them as well.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

The real trick of making a gladius scabbard is the ability to shape, then braze or solder the appropriate locket and chape. Now I presume you want to build the style common to the post-Republic period? The leatherworking is simple---it's the furniture that would be difficult for me (I can neither braze nor solder).

Then there's the question of fastening these to the scabbard.

Send me an e-mail, and we can discuss ways it could be done.

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Robert Coleman, Jr.

The Noble Companie and Order of St. Maurice

Those who beat their swords into plowshares end up plowing for those who don't.