Members Daggrim Posted June 3, 2009 Members Report Posted June 3, 2009 I thought I'd post a couple pictures of a recent project. I don't have the skills to do the tooled sheath, and a wooden handled, patterned blade, so I wanted a more primitive, handmade look, like something a Norseman could've made during a trading voyage, with the materials at hand. The leather is bison...call it Auroch hide. There's a welt inside the sheath...just a waxed linen cord glued in there. I left some edges natural. The handle is all leather, wrapped over a full tang. The blade is hand forged high carbon steel, not made by me. The horizontal carry was the standard method in Medieval ages Europe. It ended up looking kind've American Indian, but it's fun to give up needing to have complete control, and take chances. Daggrim Quote
MADMAX22 Posted June 3, 2009 Report Posted June 3, 2009 I like it, I think more then anything its the color that makes it look native american, if it was a darker brown it may have a different style to it. Quote
Contributing Member UKRay Posted June 3, 2009 Contributing Member Report Posted June 3, 2009 I like the horizontal carry. Re-enactors face loads of hassle from the authenticity police here in the UK - how do your products get on, Dagrim? Quote "Some mornings, it's just not worth chewing through the leather straps" Ray Hatley www.barefootleather.co.uk
Members Aulus Posted June 3, 2009 Members Report Posted June 3, 2009 Authentic Police...I like it! How, when not authentic, will you work in Reenactment / Living History? History is a fact! All the other "Games" are fantasy, don´t get me wrong I´ve got nothing aganist fantasy. No, I like it really. But it is another Hobby. About the Sheat: It looks very native, but why not. The blade of the Sax is nice too, but the Handle is not mine. Quote
Members Clockwork Posted June 3, 2009 Members Report Posted June 3, 2009 I really like the rough handmade look of this. Somehow it comes across as more authentic that way. I can definitely see what you mean about the native american look, but I have no trouble imagining a norseman carrying this either. Quote
Members Daggrim Posted June 3, 2009 Author Members Report Posted June 3, 2009 Well, Ray, I've never heard a word from anybody anywhere who had a problem. But I don't attend lots of living history events. I assume most people leave their long blades in the car when at gas stations and restaurants. I've wondered about the legality of carrying the blades in public, but even when I did, I never got a word. Nothing in any forum I've read. Seems like a non issue here. What kinds of hassles do you get in the UK? 'Course, it's a very different mindset regarding firearms, too. Second Amendment rights...hooyah! Dag I like the horizontal carry. Re-enactors face loads of hassle from the authenticity police here in the UK - how do your products get on, Dagrim? oh, and as for selling blades, I've inquired many times about the legality and everybody just shrugs and there's never been a problem. Seems like there are lax restrictions on that. Anybody else have an answer to that? Dag I like the horizontal carry. Re-enactors face loads of hassle from the authenticity police here in the UK - how do your products get on, Dagrim? Quote
Contributing Member UKRay Posted June 3, 2009 Contributing Member Report Posted June 3, 2009 A little confusion ensues here... I said 'authenticity police', Dagrim - in other words the often self-appointed idiots who insist on criticizing the 'standard of authenticity' of gear worn or used at re-enactment events. I'm sure the UK police force does give those people who carry edged weapons in public hassle too, but in this instance I was asking about the re-enactment society's authenticity policy. Ray Quote "Some mornings, it's just not worth chewing through the leather straps" Ray Hatley www.barefootleather.co.uk
Members Daggrim Posted June 3, 2009 Author Members Report Posted June 3, 2009 Oh, sorry. I've only been to one living history group event, and they were very friendly, but they just bypassed my seaxes without comment. For Renfaires, they're considered very accurate. I would like to learn to make wooden handles for these. Are there tutorials here? I ask without checking first. Dag A little confusion ensues here... I said 'authenticity police', Dagrim - in other words the often self-appointed idiots who insist on criticizing the 'standard of authenticity' of gear worn or used at re-enactment events.I'm sure the UK police force does give those people who carry edged weapons in public hassle too, but in this instance I was asking about the re-enactment society's authenticity policy. Ray Quote
Members Aulus Posted June 3, 2009 Members Report Posted June 3, 2009 Ray, I´m a Moderator in a german Living-History-Forum since 2003 and I´m doing Living History since 1997. I really know what you are talking about. These "Police"-Guys nobody needs. But if we all not going to do our best in authenticy, we won´t have a really good scene we will have another phantasy scene... It´s always a dance on the edge of the blade. But, in this Forum we should diskuss about Leatherwork, not the old "A"-Story. Quote
Members MikeW Posted June 3, 2009 Members Report Posted June 3, 2009 Seaxy!! The horizontal cary across the waist is nice. Handy when you're sitting too. There are tons of examples of bladesmithing and sheaths for seaxs and langseaxes on forums.dfoggknives.com in case you are interested. Quote
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