Thirteenth century sword in a properly laced scabbard
Showing one configuration of period attachment of the sword belt to the scabbard. This is my most successful recreation of the integrated scabbard belt that was period from the mid-eleventh through the mid-fourteenth centuries.
A great example of this style still exists in the scabbard of Infante Fernando de la Cerda dating to the 1270s. It is also depicted in various forms of artwork including tomb effigies of knights. Probably the most prominent examples of it are the fantastic statues of the patrons of Naumburg Cathedral. Margrave Ekkehard's sword is sheathed in a scabbard very similar to the one I recreated above.
As complex as it may look, this is deceptively simple to accomplish with nothing more than an exacto knife, a punch, and a straight edge. The buckle end of the belt is split into two halves that lace through a series of slits in the scabbard leather. The long end of the belt merely loops around the scabbard.
The scabbard is a modified Albion campaign scabbard; two slats of wood covered with leather, just like the originals.
Thirteenth century sword in a properly laced scabbard
Showing one configuration of period attachment of the sword belt to the scabbard. This is my most successful recreation of the integrated scabbard belt that was period from the mid-eleventh through the mid-fourteenth centuries.
A great example of this style still exists in the scabbard of Infante Fernando de la Cerda dating to the 1270s. It is also depicted in various forms of artwork including tomb effigies of knights. Probably the most prominent examples of it are the fantastic statues of the patrons of Naumburg Cathedral. Margrave Ekkehard's sword is sheathed in a scabbard very similar to the one I recreated above.
As complex as it may look, this is deceptively simple to accomplish with nothing more than an exacto knife, a punch, and a straight edge. The buckle end of the belt is split into two halves that lace through a series of slits in the scabbard leather. The long end of the belt merely loops around the scabbard.
The scabbard is a modified Albion campaign scabbard; two slats of wood covered with leather, just like the originals.