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Phillipe de Pamiers
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Member # 171

posted 05-09-2001 03:43 PM

I am looking for patterns or pictures of 14th century scabbard (sword) belts. Any help?

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Phillipe de Pamiers
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Member # 171

posted 05-09-2001 07:18 PM

Sorry, 1360-1380.

I just got my copy of "Medieval Military Costume" and there is a nice belt in there. Wonderful book by the way.

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Phillipe de Pamiers

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Scott
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Member # 324

posted 05-04-2006 05:04 PM

bump

anyone sell a decent version?

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damien
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Member # 742

posted 05-04-2006 06:52 PM

Sword belts for the late 14th are basically broken into two types reasonably narrow presumably leather belts for which you could use any of the commercially available buckles and fittings and the wide decorated hip belt. For the second half of the 14th the sword as worn by the knight/ gentleman at arms seems to have mainly been worn from the hip belt. The scabbard at least in a couple of examples I have seen in art appears to be either simply looped or laced onto the belt. At the very end of the 14th and into the 15th century it becomes more common to use a narrow belt to support the sword and the hip belt is there mainly for decoration and to support the dagger.
My partner makes plaques for the C14th-C15th hip belts in pewter, bronze and silver if that is what you are after. I can send you some pictures if you are interested. Strangely enough this same topic is currently on two sections of this list at the same time- so please forgive me if I seem to be doubling up.

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jboerner
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posted 05-05-2006 05:38 AM

I can recommend the landser's site: http://www.lanser.dk/ section "Pictures" and then "effigies".
What construction is used depends in my opinion largely on the region and exact period.

Ich made mine basing on 1340-60 french and english effigies: http://www.diu-minnezit.de/realie_details.php?sid=0&lid=0&rid=6&tid=3

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Diu Minnez�t
Reconstruction of textiles, armour and daily life
1250,1350,1475
Nuremberg and Paris
http://www.diu-minnezit.de

IG Meisterhauw
Reconstruction of late medieval and early renaissance fencing techniques
http://www.meisterhauw.de

Nuremberg in the middle ages
http://www.nuernberg-im-mittelalter.de

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