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Scabbard for a Vandal Sword - Aurelianus - 12-20-2014
I have laying around a Vandal sword for a long time. Now I like to make a decent scabbard for it. If I’m right, the blade is dated to the time of Stilicho – could anybody confirm this dating please?
What does a Vandal scabbard from this time would look like? I can’t find any info…… Or if I would make a roman scabbard for this Vandal sword – what would be an option too – what possibilities I would have?
Thank you very much for your help.
Scabbard for a Vandal Sword - john m roberts - 12-22-2014
Sorry I can't help you, but that's a nice looking sword. I've long lamented the comparative lack of good Migration Era replica swords. did you make it?
Scabbard for a Vandal Sword - markusaurelius - 12-24-2014
Check this detailed thread out on my armoury.com
Visigoth sword
I'm not sure if there are parallels, but perhaps it will point you in the right direction.
Scabbard for a Vandal Sword - Aurelianus - 12-27-2014
@ John
The blade is made by HELSTAFIR. I was lucky to get this blade a few years ago. The blacksmith unfortunately exist no longer for several years.
I thought long and hard about it convert it into a Roman sword for the 3rd century. For this I would have had to overwork the blade ...... But for this blade it would have been too bad.
@ Markus, Thank you for your help.