wow! That does look good! Fascinating...

Interesting! Very well done! ... if your range allows it, an instinctive-method training I've read and found very useful is remarkably simple: just start crazy-close, where you can't possibly miss, and put a good half dozen arrows or more into your target. Then just keep backing up through the sessi...

Hunh... maybe so! My mental association with the Bowie blade is that wicked concave tip at the end, which I'd think in skinning would constantly risk poking the hide. ... I'd bet it's great for boning out meat though! I suppose there's tons of designs that fall under the broad term "bowie"...

How awesome!! That looks quite toasty indeed! How did the tight sleeves work out over the course of a walk? I find in warm clothes in winter overheat pretty quickly once I'm moving, especially with any amount of load. In modern clothes it's easy to just open up a couple top layers: I'm not certain h...

Oh... that does sound cool. New York's doable, but I wonder if they're coming to Boston as well? One way to find out...

Congratulations Iodo!

I'm glad everyone's happy. :mrgreen: Ruinar, I'm sure the vendors above would be happy to turn out another one. It might be a bit more doing a one-off, but it wouldn't be too much worse. (you could also order more than one from them at once, and keep a spare handy for when your first is finally worn...

oof. I had forgotten how much work goes into that design.
.... as befits the Steward's son, I suppose.

Nice! I'm curious to hear how it is.

Oh that looks like a grand time! And nothing like honest wear to boot!

I suppose then only one question remains....
..... what color is your dwarven hood gonna be?

That makes a lot of sense!

I could imagine also solid placeholder core as a "last" of sorts - but that's a lot of work if one's only doing one of a particular scabbard it seems.

Regardless, it looks lovely, and I can't wait to see your next one.

It's that time again. We processed four sheep this morning, and I just finished skinning the last of them out. This time I used the small seax that Ursus gifted me for Yule some years back: merf-ursus-seax.jpg While I've of course used it for all manner of little tasks over the years, this was the f...

For what it's worth, I just ran across this as well: Leather and Leatherworking in Anglo-Scandinavian and Medieval York Can't do better than free. :) It's *long* and very academic, but there's a *ton* of drawings of period boots, plus some sheaths and pouches. It'd take some work to get usable patte...

Wow! That's fantastic.

... will you be adding background texture/stippling around the vines, or leaving as is?

And do you do your leather carving on the scabbard itself, or carve it first and then glue it to the core?

Excellent! Thank you guys!