Any interest in hand-woven/luceted sword lanyards?

Lucas · Post by **Lucas** » Sun Nov 16, 2008 10:28 pm

Just checking interest. Could be made in any color requested, made of pearl cotton. Also, could be used as arming point ties, and look a heck of a lot better than parachute cord.

Sean Powell · Post by **Sean Powell** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 10:22 am

Yes I'm interested but it will be depending on price and design. I am doing a Rene de Anjou interpretation and the lanyards are clearly depicted in the illustrations. I would need 2. One to secure a sword to my gauntlet and another to hang a kolben from my curase.

Do you have any pictures you can show?

Thanks, Sean

Lucas · Post by **Lucas** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 9:57 pm

If you have a picture of what you are looking for, I can see if its possible to make it. Let me know.

Lucas

Sean Powell · Post by **Sean Powell** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 8:33 am

Well I don't have good pictures unless I go home and scan the book tonight but here are some line drawings:

http://www.princeton.edu/~ezb/rene/mace.gif
http://www.princeton.edu/~ezb/rene/sword.gif

Quite simply it's a braided cord (probably blue, blue and white) with a spliced eye at one end (no knot visible) that is flexible enough to be turned inside out into a hang-man style knott but not so loose that it wants to slide open and let the sword out (hence why para-cord is a poor choice).

The other end (not shown in the sketches) appears tied in at least one illumination and ideally should TAPER down in diameter. I have no idea if that is even possible with hand woven cord.

I think they need to be about 24" long. I'll have to check some measurements when I get home tonight.

Sean

Tom B. · Post by **Tom B.** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 9:47 am

Here is the picture for Sean.

Tom

Sean Powell · Post by **Sean Powell** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 9:49 am

Enrico

Thanks! Much appreciated. Any chance you also have one showing the Duke of Burgandy mounted so we can see how the lanyards attach to the chest and wrist?

Sean