Belt Advice on Construction

[Crispvs]

Sam,
Sorry to have taken so long to reply. To my eyes your pommel looks like a Pompeii type. This should be accompanied by a guard in the same wood which is close to being round in plan view. As I said above, the guard should be recessed but there should probably not be a brass plate, the shoulders of the blade resting in this recession instead.

Regarding the bone element, if this is for the grip, then a femur would (as I think you suspect) be far too large. My mention of a femur was in relation to the pommel and possibly the guard of a handle assemblage completely composed of bone. For a grip, you need the rear canon bone (metatarsal) of a calf. This has thick bone and a narrow internal space which is more or less round. Be careful not to buy the metatarsal bone of an adult animal, as the internal section will be too large. Similarly, avoid the front canon (metacarpal) bones. These have a 'D' shaped section which produces too large an internal space to grip a sword tang.

Crispvs