15th Century sword Belts....again

MJBlazek · Post by **MJBlazek** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 3:47 pm

I have been looking at belt fittings and mounts online, and I have come across things called hangers...sometimes purse hangers... other times I have come across things that look like hooks. I was wondering. If one were to construct a sword belt, could one...in theory... attach one of said hooks to the end of one of the scabbard hanging/guide straps to be hooked on one of the hangers?

http://www.revivalclothing.com/images/T ... dpurse.jpg

http://www.revivalclothing.com/images/T ... e-hook.JPG

Talbot · Post by **Talbot** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 4:29 pm

I'll jump in since I made those.

You could indeed to that. It would be perfecty suited to the task and quite easy to set up. There are also more historically accurate (i.e. complicated) ways of doing the hanging of a sword as well. I think it is a great idea --whether on not you use my pieces to do it. (of course that would be nice! :wink:

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MJBlazek · Post by **MJBlazek** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 4:37 pm

i wish that i could use yours! and Tim Finkas's as well... My problem is that I am trying to do all the hardwear in white pewter, and everybody casts these out of Brass!!

MJBlazek · Post by **MJBlazek** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 5:40 pm

In another thread I started, about sword belts... someone posted a picture of a belt that had been made with 3 hanging straps wrapped around the scabbard. Is 3 the generally used number, or could there only have been 2?

Matt

Black Swan Designs · Post by **Black Swan Designs** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 5:53 pm

You don't want to hang a sword from a pewter casting, the metal isn't strong enough to hold it. At least I've never seen a pewter casting up to the task.

Gwen

MJBlazek · Post by **MJBlazek** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 6:14 pm

I actually just ordered Talbot's brass ones from Revival.

Talbot · Post by **Talbot** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 10:21 am

Black Swan Designs wrote:You don't want to hang a sword from a pewter casting, the metal isn't strong enough to hold it. At least I've never seen a pewter casting up to the task.

Gwen

I was going to say the same thing. Great minds...

Talbot · Post by **Talbot** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 10:21 am

MJBlazek wrote:I actually just ordered Talbot's brass ones from Revival.

Thanks!

MJBlazek · Post by **MJBlazek** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 12:20 pm

I'm going to see how hard it would be to silver leaf them.

earnest carruthers · Post by **earnest carruthers** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 4:10 am

leaf gilding will be a pain and likely to rub off very soon after application.

Gilded metals were done either amalgam gilding, ie mercury and gold/silver, rubbed on and then heat used to drive off the mercury.

Or leaf floated onto mercury, heat then used as above. Given the toxicity of mercury vapours that is probably not an option, also it would cost more than the piece.

You could use mordant gilding but it would not last long on this.

Talk to a jeweller about getting them electro plated, safer for you and likely to work. Bear in mind silver tarnishes, so it will have to be a heavy plating. Or you could ask Talbot if he could do some silver ones?