07-19-2007, 08:35 PM
Is there any evidence that there was wool inside the wooden scabbard?
I've seen an original merovingian sword with a well preserved scabbard that a friend of mine was conserving and it had wool inside the wooden scabbard and leather on the outside of the scabbard.
I've heard the theory that the lanolin retained in the wool would have greased the sword and protected the sword from the corosive acids that some kinds of wood contain.
Vale,
I've seen an original merovingian sword with a well preserved scabbard that a friend of mine was conserving and it had wool inside the wooden scabbard and leather on the outside of the scabbard.
I've heard the theory that the lanolin retained in the wool would have greased the sword and protected the sword from the corosive acids that some kinds of wood contain.
Vale,
