08-28-2008, 06:41 AM
Thanks for the comments everyone.
My Kopis is the basic Deepeeka $35-$70 (depending on where you get it) special. When I did the scabbard, I took and built a basswood (it was the best thin wood I could get) box, glued it, rounded the corners, and then covered it in leather and did a brass bottom and neck. The sword itself is straight, so I didnt have to do a curved one, which is a good thing, since im not quite sure how I would build that. Its really a very simple rig, and I still need to figure out how to do rings, as right now the cord is attached to the body of the scabbard with nails, which works and is authentic, but I tend to worry that it will come out at the worst time (the reason im not wearing the short sword is that I must have tied the cord on wrong because the scabbard kept flipping over and dumping the blade out when I was wearing it- it only took one close call with my toes to opt to go with the Kopis for the rest of the weekend.)
I know there is a horse headed kopis (not the Deepeeka one, I think its DSC armory) floating around that is more curved that comes with a very plain scabbard that I have been considering getting and doing some work to. If I do, Ill let everyone know what I think of it.
And I actually DO have pictures of the restructuring of the helmet cheekguards. Ive actually got pics of it pretty much through all of the stages. Ive been planning on doing a thread on it in the beginners section as soon as I have time to edit, resize and upload everything.
Michelle Hildebrant
My Kopis is the basic Deepeeka $35-$70 (depending on where you get it) special. When I did the scabbard, I took and built a basswood (it was the best thin wood I could get) box, glued it, rounded the corners, and then covered it in leather and did a brass bottom and neck. The sword itself is straight, so I didnt have to do a curved one, which is a good thing, since im not quite sure how I would build that. Its really a very simple rig, and I still need to figure out how to do rings, as right now the cord is attached to the body of the scabbard with nails, which works and is authentic, but I tend to worry that it will come out at the worst time (the reason im not wearing the short sword is that I must have tied the cord on wrong because the scabbard kept flipping over and dumping the blade out when I was wearing it- it only took one close call with my toes to opt to go with the Kopis for the rest of the weekend.)
I know there is a horse headed kopis (not the Deepeeka one, I think its DSC armory) floating around that is more curved that comes with a very plain scabbard that I have been considering getting and doing some work to. If I do, Ill let everyone know what I think of it.
And I actually DO have pictures of the restructuring of the helmet cheekguards. Ive actually got pics of it pretty much through all of the stages. Ive been planning on doing a thread on it in the beginners section as soon as I have time to edit, resize and upload everything.
Michelle Hildebrant
Michelle E. Hildebrant
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