Spartan short sword sheath.

[immiketoo]

A sheath I made for a Greek re-enactment company recently.

[kiwican]

Very nice 

[DJole]

Nice use of period design motifs, and excellent handwork.
As the leaf-shaped blade is wider at the 'waist' than at the hilt, the scabbard sides can't all be sewn up (or else the blade wouldn't go in/come out). Is there a slit on the "top" edge of the scabbard?
And finally, Is the scabbard based on a surviving historical piece?

[immiketoo]

1 hour ago, DJole said:

Nice use of period design motifs, and excellent handwork.
As the leaf-shaped blade is wider at the 'waist' than at the hilt, the scabbard sides can't all be sewn up (or else the blade wouldn't go in/come out). Is there a slit on the "top" edge of the scabbard?
And finally, Is the scabbard based on a surviving historical piece?

Middle pic shows the blade halfway out of the sheath.  The design is based off of artwork found on pottery from ancient Greece, but there is some debate on the materials that would have been used.  I had a little creative freedom in the process.

[bikermutt07]

( and I'm back to being humble ) HA!

I love seeing your work, Mike. Stellar as always.

Edited September 11, 2018 by bikermutt07

[ABHandmade]

Nice work!

[YinTx]

Spot on work.  Love the curves on the sheath.

YinTx

[battlemunky]

Clean as always Mike. Your work keeps me trying to get better.

[DJole]

3 hours ago, immiketoo said:

Middle pic shows the blade halfway out of the sheath.  The design is based off of artwork found on pottery from ancient Greece, but there is some debate on the materials that would have been used.  I had a little creative freedom in the process.

Ah, for some reason I thought it was UNDER the sheath! Woops...

[ScoobyNewbie]

OH! Pretty!

[bullmoosepaddles]

Just awesome on all fronts. Thank you for sharing.   

[fredk]

That is nice

[rodneywt1180b]

I love the design!