Lots of you probably think swords are cooler than scabbards, but this was way more complicated to make than the sword. It's made of wood, steel, AND leather. That's 50% more materials.
Love you style and level of detail in the process, havent seen many others show the ass pain in all 40 different steps in just making the sheath, and the frustration in every step, even if they go according to plan (which they dont)
Thanks for sharing your process, having had a go at making my own medieval scabbard it was really interesting to follow along and see how someone else tackled the problems that pop up 👍🙂
I love your dedication to historic accuracy(even though the difficulty seemed insurmountable)! Not to seem condescending, but with a heart of merciful instruction, I have found that rivets do a nd look better if you justtap-tap the head once it is in place. Oh, and love the discussion @ 12:35 to 13:03!
A ball peen hammer, I've several sizes, is your BEST friend for shaping metal and forming nice mushroom rivets heads. And you won't necessarily need a big one. For smooth metal surfaces a hand planishing hammer (auto body tool) is your companion. Always be sure to WAX your linen thread (bees wax works well) then you can dispense with linen knots. Instead double back and forth through the last few stitch holes a few times and it locks in place (and you'll be fine).
You don’t need to find a historical reason to take a short cut, and anyone who cares enough to comment about it probably doesn’t know how much effort it takes to do this stuff. But either way, the finished product looks really cool
To the best of my knowledge, scabbard halves weren't sewn but simply glued to each other. EDIT: Also, profiling AFTER gluing avoids risk of setting them on fire ;-)
Dude, don't torture yourself making a super tight scabbard, they were a little oversize and lined with wool that was wet with a little oil. This protected the blade against rust, and made the draw smooth and silent with no risk of binding.
Uh... wrong sword, wrong time period. The only swords, to the best of my knowledge, that _were_ lined with sheepskin with its natural oils (NOT oiled wool cloth) were Scandinavian ("Viking") swords of around the IX century, about 600 years and a continent apart from III century Roman scabbards. Those were unlined on the inside, as most swords ever.
16:40 - 16:50 Technically, using a drill might not be cheating, just unlikely. The ancient Greeks almost certainly had hardened, high carbon steel drill bits when they made the Antikythera Mechanism ~2200 years ago. (We know this because some of the components have ~1mm wide, 4 inch deep drill holes that go through bronze, as well as accurate non-warped holes through some soft iron components.) Here's a video of a guy giving a little of that info as he creates period-accurate tools with period-available technologies as he goes about making his own Antikythera Mechanism purely with means that were available/likely available 2200 years ago for the ancient Greeks. Here's the video: watch?v=N1aj_3tlQhU So given that a lot of ancient Roman technologies and knowledge was shared (and ""shared"") between the ancient Romans and ancient Greeks, it's actually likely that they could have had hardened high carbon steel drill bits available somewhere in the empire. Granted, your average slave quickly hammering out standard issue swords to arm hundreds of thousands to millions of soldiers wouldn't have had the time or cared to use a hand drill and oil for +30 minutes rather than just hammer a rod through some hot iron and call it good, but if this were being made by a craftsman who prided in his work, he could well have done so even back in ancient Roman times.
Whenever you watch one of these videos and it seems "easy"...it´s NOT. These pros make everything look like it is, but it´s NOT!. Great video, and thanks for sharing! LOL 4:02. Dude! that´s a LOT of work. I´d rather used Kydex better. LOL.
I cant believe your parents gave you free range in the garage. I bet your Father checked his house insurance when he saw you holding the torch between your legs while you heated the metal and fussed with what you had in your hand. Your open jacket while you did that made me cringe. People wont do stuff like this if they owned their own homes and had to pay the mortgage. Safety would become easily a number one topic.
This is fantastic. Thanks. Starting my scabbard today
I'm willing to bet that example is much more historically accurate than any of the modern reproductions. Good Job!
I have to say you did a really outstanding job on the sword and scaboard.I look forward to seeing a Pillum forge in the future
Nice work.
Great VDO & no music - perfect!
Love you style and level of detail in the process, havent seen many others show the ass pain in all 40 different steps in just making the sheath, and the frustration in every step, even if they go according to plan (which they dont)
I need to learn how to make 1 or 2 for mine.
Great video and commentary. Keep this up!
Thanks for sharing your process, having had a go at making my own medieval scabbard it was really interesting to follow along and see how someone else tackled the problems that pop up 👍🙂
I love your dedication to historic accuracy(even though the difficulty seemed insurmountable)! Not to seem condescending, but with a heart of merciful instruction, I have found that rivets do a nd look better if you justtap-tap the head once it is in place. Oh, and love the discussion @ 12:35 to 13:03!
Great job! Love your brand of humour too!
A ball peen hammer, I've several sizes, is your BEST friend for shaping metal and forming nice mushroom rivets heads. And you won't necessarily need a big one. For smooth metal surfaces a hand planishing hammer (auto body tool) is your companion. Always be sure to WAX your linen thread (bees wax works well) then you can dispense with linen knots. Instead double back and forth through the last few stitch holes a few times and it locks in place (and you'll be fine).
You don’t need to find a historical reason to take a short cut, and anyone who cares enough to comment about it probably doesn’t know how much effort it takes to do this stuff. But either way, the finished product looks really cool
Great vid, need to make a shield now
Nice work
To the best of my knowledge, scabbard halves weren't sewn but simply glued to each other.
EDIT: Also, profiling AFTER gluing avoids risk of setting them on fire ;-)
Simple wonderfull. Congrats.
Dude, don't torture yourself making a super tight scabbard, they were a little oversize and lined with wool that was wet with a little oil. This protected the blade against rust, and made the draw smooth and silent with no risk of binding.
Uh... wrong sword, wrong time period. The only swords, to the best of my knowledge, that _were_ lined with sheepskin with its natural oils (NOT oiled wool cloth) were Scandinavian ("Viking") swords of around the IX century, about 600 years and a continent apart from III century Roman scabbards. Those were unlined on the inside, as most swords ever.
I thought you did a great job :) well done buddy
Wow, what an amazing Job, big like from Portugal. Hahaha. ..i think one dislike is from a celtic and the other from a german....
Why not hide glue to fasten the two halves?
super sehr Gut 👍👍👍👍
Sagt ein Kelte zum anderen : " Scheiß Kälte ". Sagt der andere: " Selber scheiß Kelte ".
I'm not into any of that "shit" but i find your sense of humor amusing :) oh and did you already post your stuff to r/metalworking?
I did not, I think I've self-promoted on Reddit enough for one video. Don't wanna overdo it. Thanks though!
Oh, a plebbitor. Explains the whole hit 'nazi's nonsense.
16:40 - 16:50
Technically, using a drill might not be cheating, just unlikely.
The ancient Greeks almost certainly had hardened, high carbon steel drill bits when they made the Antikythera Mechanism ~2200 years ago. (We know this because some of the components have ~1mm wide, 4 inch deep drill holes that go through bronze, as well as accurate non-warped holes through some soft iron components.)
Here's a video of a guy giving a little of that info as he creates period-accurate tools with period-available technologies as he goes about making his own Antikythera Mechanism purely with means that were available/likely available 2200 years ago for the ancient Greeks.
Here's the video: watch?v=N1aj_3tlQhU
So given that a lot of ancient Roman technologies and knowledge was shared (and ""shared"") between the ancient Romans and ancient Greeks, it's actually likely that they could have had hardened high carbon steel drill bits available somewhere in the empire.
Granted, your average slave quickly hammering out standard issue swords to arm hundreds of thousands to millions of soldiers wouldn't have had the time or cared to use a hand drill and oil for +30 minutes rather than just hammer a rod through some hot iron and call it good, but if this were being made by a craftsman who prided in his work, he could well have done so even back in ancient Roman times.
Hmmm, do you know what wood you used in the scabbard construction?
I used poplar
@@THEFACILITY Oh, good choice! Light and not too difficult to work with (In my limited experience)
Whenever you watch one of these videos and it seems "easy"...it´s NOT. These pros make everything look like it is, but it´s NOT!.
Great video, and thanks for sharing! LOL 4:02.
Dude! that´s a LOT of work. I´d rather used Kydex better. LOL.
What happened to the goat eyes? 😁
They make a nice soup
Goat leather is cheap? Lol in my area its the most expensive type of the common types
Nice homage to Fascism!
Came for the help with scabbard construction. Stayed for the anti-Nazi comment. Bash the fash.
Swege tool is only💩 if it doesn’t work lol
Hnnnnnng
I cant believe your parents gave you free range in the garage. I bet your Father checked his house insurance when he saw you holding the torch between your legs while you heated the metal and fussed with what you had in your hand. Your open jacket while you did that made me cringe. People wont do stuff like this if they owned their own homes and had to pay the mortgage. Safety would become easily a number one topic.