A lot of reenactment level work is about learning appropriate historical crafts and skills. This board is for all general skills that don't have their own forum.
This is the finished sheath covered in leather and beaded. The knife I made it for is a French butcher knife that I found in a second hand shop and reshaped.
This blade was worn thin at the tip and slightly bent. I had to sacrifice some length to reshape it, but I think it turned out okay. I think this is probably a 19th century knife, but the style is good for the 18th century. The handle is ebony. Again, a good knife and inexpensive.
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I,
I took the one less travelled by,
And that has made all the difference.
Robert Frost.
Mirimaran wrote:I am so glad we have elders like you! Thanks for posting, I want to try this!
Ken
In the US the woodland Indians used birch bark for lining leather knife sheaths, but I have not found any info on the method used. The method I used with Stringybark, is the same method used here by the Aboriginals for making canoes out of stringybark.
Regards, Keith.
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I,
I took the one less travelled by,
And that has made all the difference.
Robert Frost.
I have only made leather sheaths so far, usually wet formed. That's just fine for utility knives, but for the dagger I'm getting which is something like the grandfather of the baselard I think a more solid sheath is called for. Do you (or anyone else on the forums who's keen on helping) have experience with making sheaths with wood liners? I have found a little bit of information about the liners, but hardly anything about making that style with the addition of wool or fur lining to the wood.
This next one is the traditional europeon method and you can substitute different types of lining, wool, synthetic, fur and more. This one's by Gaffer and if you want a traditional 2 ply scabbard, this how-to is
the best out there.
“From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring; Renewed shall be blade that was broken, The crownless again shall be king.â€