Making a La Tene chape at home?

[Dan D'Silva]

I've always worked on the assumption (based on evidence) that not all similar items that appear cast in one piece are, many items are made from parts.. so to my mind fabricating an item from sheet metal is fine...

True, but to make something from sheet metal that looks cast, you need the skill to shape the sheet into multidimensional curves, which I have yet to achieve other than simple domes.  So far I've found very few La Tene-type chapes that look anywhere near this simple, but best I could probably manage would be either remaking the above one in silicon bronze, or a thin imitation of the chape on the Lisnacrogher scabbard in yellow brass.