12-11-2008, 02:39 PM
Peronis,
Thanks for posting that up. You saved me the trouble.
Jef,
I was actually looking at that sheath myself the other day. The majority of the surviving inlay is copper-alloy, including some of the chevrons and the vertical and horizontal petals of the floriate inlay. Stupidly I forgot to look closely enough to try to see what colour any visible remaining enamel was (it was very close to closing time) and the photo I took has not proved much help as the reflection of the flash against the glass has altered the colouration in the photograph to much for it to be much use. I will check Scott and see if he mentions it when I have time over the next day or two.
Doc,
The Oberamergau sheath could prove quite a challenge. If you are getting someone with a lot of experience at inlaying silver to do it it would probably not be a problem but if you are doing it yourself some of the detail, especially large items such as the ivy leaves, might be very hard to inlay successfully (unless of course you already have the necessary skill). If you don't, Matt Lukes posted up a useful tutorial on a simple inlaying technique on RAT about a year ago, but you would probably still have problems with large motifs or wide lines due to the problem of getting a tight enough fit. Something like the Allerot sheath might be easier to do, as it features long thin wavy lines, rather than anything complicated and you would still be the envy of all your friends once you had completed it and showed it off to them.
Crispvs
Thanks for posting that up. You saved me the trouble.
Jef,
I was actually looking at that sheath myself the other day. The majority of the surviving inlay is copper-alloy, including some of the chevrons and the vertical and horizontal petals of the floriate inlay. Stupidly I forgot to look closely enough to try to see what colour any visible remaining enamel was (it was very close to closing time) and the photo I took has not proved much help as the reflection of the flash against the glass has altered the colouration in the photograph to much for it to be much use. I will check Scott and see if he mentions it when I have time over the next day or two.
Doc,
The Oberamergau sheath could prove quite a challenge. If you are getting someone with a lot of experience at inlaying silver to do it it would probably not be a problem but if you are doing it yourself some of the detail, especially large items such as the ivy leaves, might be very hard to inlay successfully (unless of course you already have the necessary skill). If you don't, Matt Lukes posted up a useful tutorial on a simple inlaying technique on RAT about a year ago, but you would probably still have problems with large motifs or wide lines due to the problem of getting a tight enough fit. Something like the Allerot sheath might be easier to do, as it features long thin wavy lines, rather than anything complicated and you would still be the envy of all your friends once you had completed it and showed it off to them.
Crispvs
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