10-14-2003, 04:02 PM
Oh, I'll chance it: hotlinked from www.axeforum.com, where I've started up a review thread on the sword.
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That's the unfinished core of the scabbard over the blade. I can't tell if it's perspective distortion from the photograph (note the vanishing-point lines established by the rings, coupled with the knowledge that the sword is resting on those rings at an angle on the ground) but the scabbard core's profile taper should be following the lines of the blade. Note that the tip of the scabbard is squarded away though, as that is intentional for the flat chape I requested. The typical chape style Christian Fletcher goes for is a pointed one that conforms to the sword's tip profile.
That's the unfinished core of the scabbard over the blade. I can't tell if it's perspective distortion from the photograph (note the vanishing-point lines established by the rings, coupled with the knowledge that the sword is resting on those rings at an angle on the ground) but the scabbard core's profile taper should be following the lines of the blade. Note that the tip of the scabbard is squarded away though, as that is intentional for the flat chape I requested. The typical chape style Christian Fletcher goes for is a pointed one that conforms to the sword's tip profile.
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