Sewar reconstruction and restoration
 

I have purchased this sewar months ago. It had missing parts and rusted blade. It took me long time to obtain this unpretentious result. I hope I will be more experienced next time....

Seller's pics and a photo of the work finished

Sewar - second part
 

Sorry...

Great job!

But why two threads?

That's a good question. I would recommend that one of the Ethno Mods combine these two threads.

Thanks for rescuing this nice piece, Gio!

You have a west coast scabbard and added an east coast foot. I'd suggest you keep it for another project and replace it with a simple foot as seen with these west coast scabbards. Just my 2 cents.

Regards,
Kai

Because I am not familiar with the procedure of how to manage attachments.

Hello GIO,

Kai is correct, this style of sewars have a simple scabbard toe like by this examples from old threads.
Otherwise a great restore job! :cool:

Regards,
Detlef

Done

Everything you need to know is in the sticky thread on the Ethno page. Please don’t hesitate to ask if you are still confused.
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=13631Dr. But

Many thanks to all who have contributed with comments and suggestions.
Gio

Re: Missing parts.
 

So, it would not be "too big a deal" to use bone or moose antler to replace a missing buntut, or a missing tip to the "crosspiece" of the "warangka"? [Please excuse me. My choice of words may not be correct].

If bone or moose antler are not really ideal, could a guy get away with using Gaboon ebony, African blackwood, Makassar ebony, [or even ipe, wenge, or zebrawood] instead of buffalo horn?

Thank you.

Mickey

By the first part I would say yes, by the second part I would say no. Never have seen sewars with a wooden toe.

Regards,
Detlef