So far I keep seeing images of a fringed scabbard for swords on Irish warriors. Is this a common type of scabbard and if so, does anyone have any insights as to their creation? (wooden core, all leather etc.)
Thank you,
Timothy
Irish Scabbards
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Re: Irish Scabbards
by finnobreanan on Tue Nov 26, 2013 4:00 pm
All the images I have seen of fringed Irish scabbards date to the 1500s, or Early Modern Period. There are no surviving examples. The core would be speculative. I had one reproduced this summer and had the maker use thick leather for the core and a softer thinner outer covering that was fringed all around. I think others have used wooden cores.
Finn O'Breanan
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