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  1. Brushpopper
    Thanks, Big Sioux.
  2. Brushpopper
    Thanks for the kind words, Harry. It's just plain ole saddle stitch. That steel canteen idea is one I'd been thinking about myself. Where'd you get the canteen itself? The stuff I've seen online ain't quite right. Most of them have handles which would be redundant - unless they could be removed. That scabbard of yours is terrific.
  3. Brushpopper
    Thanks. It's based on a George Lawrence original.
  4. Brushpopper
    Thanks, Druid.
  5. Brushpopper
    Beautiful work.
  6. Brushpopper
    Thanks, pards. Bruno, I use extra-virgin olive oil and lay the leather out in the sun. That way you can quickly duplicate the amber color that leather gets naturally in the course of time. Cisco
  7. Brushpopper
    This is a bunch of my work... https://www.flickr.com/photos/77742699@N04/
  8. Brushpopper
    I've posted this on 'Show Off'. Hope it's okay to repeat it here. It's a flacket from the Mary Rose made with wooden formers. It's flatter on the back to lie comfortably against the body.
  9. Brushpopper
    Terrific work.
  10. Brushpopper
    Thanks. The distended front and flatter back of the original flacket from the Mary Rose could only have been made this way, with wooden formers. Beeswax is fine though it's better if resin is in there too.
  11. Brushpopper
    Thanks!
  12. Brushpopper
    Thanks for the comments. The right thing to use is brewer's pitch but it's hard to find. I'm still looking and maybe I'll be lucky. In the meantime I use a non-toxic resin. Tina's suggestion looks good. Skeeter
  13. Brushpopper
    I made the formers with a saw, files and sandpaper.
  14. Brushpopper
    This is a reconstruction of a 'flacket' from the Mary Rose. The back is flatter than the front so it hangs comfortably against the body. I wet-moulded the leather around two wooden formers then double-stitched them together. It's sealed inside for water-tightness. It's about nine inches high.
  15. Brushpopper
    Thanks, pards. Dwight - there are occasional examples from the period of scabbards that have sling retainers only on the back. The aim is to not interfere with the tooling. For an example, have a look at page 91 of Cowboys and The Trappings of the Old West.
  16. Brushpopper
    The three scabbards I've made...
  17. Brushpopper
    Thanks, pards, for the kind words. It's a copy of an original from ca 1890.
  18. Brushpopper
    A tooled scabbard ca 1890 from page 91 of Cowboys & the Trappings of the Old West.
  19. Brushpopper
    That's an ingenious use of the basket weave tool. Skeet
  20. Brushpopper
    That is a heck of a lot of work. Well done.
  21. Brushpopper
    Nice stitching!
  22. Brushpopper
    Nice job.
  23. Brushpopper
    Thanks pards. Much appreciated.
  24. Brushpopper
    Nice work!
  25. Brushpopper
    Thanks, compadres. I use 8/9 ounce vegetable-tanned leather. I never dye - I apply a coat of pure olive oil and then give the leather a suntan. That way I try to duplicate an old-time finish. They rarely dyed way back.
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