saex sheath leather work

Halvgrimr · Post by **Halvgrimr** » Fri Sep 05, 2003 2:27 pm

on another list greenshield was asking about tooled designs on saex sheaths.

i put these two scanned articles up for him and thought they may be of interest to some of you all too:

http://www.missouri.edu/~winsloww/archives/leather_stuff/Late_Saxon_leather_sheaths_from_Gloucester_and_York/

http://www.missouri.edu/~winsloww/archives/leather_stuff/Viking_Sheaths_of_Leather/

grab the scans if you want them, i will be taking them down in a few days

Halvgrimr

broinnfinn · Post by **broinnfinn** » Mon Sep 08, 2003 10:48 am

Sweet. Thanks, Halvgrim. I am actually looking to buy a saex, well, when the reign isn't sucking my funds down. I was hoping to tool the sheath myself.

Are you coming down to Diamond War?

Broinnfinn

Halvgrimr · Post by **Halvgrimr** » Mon Sep 08, 2003 10:56 am

yup

me, Snorri and Aly will be down sometime Thursday.

We are leaving here around 8 am and hope to get there in time to set up in daylight.

i hear its about a 9 hour drive but i havent looked into it much yet

H

broinnfinn · Post by **broinnfinn** » Mon Sep 08, 2003 12:27 pm

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Halvgrim:
yup

me, Snorri and Aly will be down sometime Thursday.

We are leaving here around 8 am and hope to get there in time to set up in daylight.

i hear its about a 9 hour drive but i havent looked into it much yet

H<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Not quite - depends on route. Ask Colin, he knows it by heart.

We will be there Friday lunchish. With the impending reign, we can't afford to take Thursday, too.

Back on topic - do you know if sword scabbards were similarly tooled? My scabbard has deteriorated completely and I am about to replace it.

Broinnfinn

Halvgrimr · Post by **Halvgrimr** » Mon Sep 08, 2003 1:15 pm

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by broinnfinn:
Not quite - depends on route. Ask Colin, he knows it by heart.

--i will get with him about it, thanks for the suggestion!

We will be there Friday lunchish. With the impending reign, we can't afford to take Thursday, too.

Back on topic - do you know if sword scabbards were similarly tooled? My scabbard has deteriorated completely and I am about to replace it.

Broinnfinn

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--this is really all the info i have on the subject.

i have gathered some limited (untranslated) data on some of the Valsgarde/Vendel sword/saex scabbards but that is probably to early for your purposes and as i stated its inconclusive at this time

H

Greenshield · Post by **Greenshield** » Wed Sep 10, 2003 10:44 am

Thanks again Halgrimr. I'll post some pics of the scabbards when they are finished.

GreenShield

Halvgrimr · Post by **Halvgrimr** » Wed Sep 10, 2003 10:47 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by greenshield:
Thanks again Halgrimr. I'll post some pics of the scabbards when they are finished.

GreenShield<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

--No problem
You Normans need all the help you can get when it comes to 'seeing the light' of Viking ways

Halvgrimr