Find It Fulham Scabbard Re-Fit - Work In Progress

[M. CVRIVS ALEXANDER]

It's a very good looking work!! Bravo!

But... I think were better in that kind of sword to use a complete frame with side guttering. I think there are one sword with the bottom palmettes and side guttering, so why don't try to put a side gutters and over the chape and the mouth. I think in that way will be even more beauty, and more historical accurate.

AFAIK, there are two Mainz type swords, featuring scabbards with this design on the bottom - the Porto Novo gladius from Corsica and the Rajkova-Mogila gladius from Bulgaria (plus one Pompeii type gladius from...Pompeii). Both Mainz type scabbards feature the ending piece that Barry so masterfully recreated, a palmette above it, side guttering, and metal plates covering the front of the scabbard.