Sword Scabbard, #2

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All hand made, 9oz. vege-tan leather, sewn with linen thread. Brass throat and chape/tip formed from .040 brass sheet. Frog hook sawn, ground, and filed from 1/2" x 1/2" x 2" brass bar. Brass mounts are glued and pinned to the leather. Top plate is 1/8" brass with entry filed out to blade shape. Sword is 1811 French or German going by the engraved writing on the spine. Main throat body, two piece chape/tip, and frog are silver brazed. Top plate is soldered in place with Brownell's 600° Hi Force 44 cadmium solder. Hope you enjoy a look.

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Very nice. Did you make the sword, or are you making the sheath for sheath for it after the fact?
 
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