DJ1935 Report post Posted July 22, 2010 I have a WW1 Artillery Sword Scabbard to recover. What little is left of the original leather looks to be pigskin, the wooden core is in need of gluing at the bottom but ok elsewhere. Can someone give me some directions in tackling this job. Thanks DJ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
amuckart Report post Posted July 23, 2010 Hi DJ, I have a WW1 Artillery Sword Scabbard to recover. What little is left of the original leather looks to be pigskin, the wooden core is in need of gluing at the bottom but ok elsewhere. Can someone give me some directions in tackling this job. Do you have any photographs of the existing scabbard and closeups of the leather, and are the chape and lockets intact? I presume you have hide glue for fixing up the core? Do you know what pattern the scabbard is? I've build a couple of scabbards from scratch, nothing as late as WWI though (by several hundred years ) but I have a fairly good feel for the overall process. One of the key things is going to be figuring out how the seam at the back was originally built. Once you know that you can generate a pattern by building a tree of the scabbard. Cheers. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
