Late Roman Spatha- Pattern welded blade

[markusaurelius]

Couple new pics. The whole scabbard is nearly ready to be assembled.

The wood has been "painted"/stained with natural Alkanet root multiple times to give it a purple/burgundy look. The wood was then oiled with Linseed oil and is now being waxed to seal everything.

Then the finished scabbard slides will be riveted to the one half, both sides glued together and the rest of the metal decorative pieces added/nailed down.

The final item to do will be the Baldric and baldric attaching knobs....


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