06-06-2020, 07:21 AM
(06-02-2020, 03:25 PM)Dan D\Silva Wrote: Yep. It's going to take a while, though, 'cause the bulky top means there's a lot of wood to remove, and I no longer have access to a belt sander to reduce it quickly. That part isn't a process that I feel the need to document, since I did it back in 2015.
The one new thing I'd like to try is trying to attach the leather facing with some kind of pitch or resin, since it's outdoor gear and waterproof glue would be an advantage, and I want it to be as period-appropriate as possible this time -- no more rubber cement if it can be avoided.
Why glue the leather at all?, on all the scabbards I've made with a wooden core the leather has been stretched over the top and stitched up the back with a running stitch, the two wooden halves are held together by the leather cover no glue necesary, except to hold the lining in place...
Up till now I've not found any natural glue that I would consider suitable long term for leather, however I'm pretty convinced that ancient leather workers used glue if only for temporary fixing.
Ivor
"And the four bare walls stand on the seashore. a wreck a skeleton a monument of that instability and vicissitude to which all things human are subject. Not a dwelling within sight, and the farm labourer, and curious traveller, are the only persons that ever visit the scene where once so many thousands were congregated." T.Lewin 1867
"And the four bare walls stand on the seashore. a wreck a skeleton a monument of that instability and vicissitude to which all things human are subject. Not a dwelling within sight, and the farm labourer, and curious traveller, are the only persons that ever visit the scene where once so many thousands were congregated." T.Lewin 1867
