Late Roman Spatha- Pattern welded blade

[markusaurelius]

Scabbard being made. Made from basswood (linden), and at this early stage simply has the interior dug out to house the blade and the start of the fitting on the front and hilt area (will be silvered in the end). The Chape will be of the Gundremmingen type with the three rounded bulbed rivets on the bottom. The scabbard will stay bar wood which will be oiled in linseed oil with some type of natural red dye to mix in.

Then to protect and seal it a nice natural bees wax paste. So progress these days....

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