seax knife sheath

[hickok55]

any one have any tips on making a seax knife sheath.

[fredk]

When I did a sheath for a skean, which is similar, I followed the details of some sheaths found in archaeological  excavations.

Firstly, I made a wood copy of the blade, plus about 8 inches longer to hold it by. I wet formed the leather around the wood blade and brought the two edges of the leather to meet along the 'back' of the blade; not the thin back but the wide 'back'. The two edges were turned outwards at right angles, like this -   ] [ and then the two edges were sewn together, very closely to where the leather turned out. The leather was still damp during sewing. After sewing the leather was again wetted and it was made to conform to the blade better. The excess of the ] [ was carefully cut down close to the sewing and what was left was rounded over and burnished

Doing the point neatly was a real bugger though

An alternative to the ] [ was to just butt the leather edges together and sew it up using a X stitch

hth