That Indian Jambiya, restored: For comments

Atlantia · 5th July 2009, 05:44 PM

Well, I know it didn't exactly set the boards afire when I initially showed you all it! My sincere thanks to Battara, Steve and especially Stuart, who talked me into waiting to find a nice piece of velvet for the recovering of the scabbard.
The Velvet is pre WW2, so its proper velvet. Looks a treat in person. I decided to shift from the original green, as although it probobly looked good when the mounts were still showing complete silvering, it didn't look to hot with the now mostly brass colour. Havent etched the blade, doubt its worth the effort.
Anyway, here it is! Hope you all approve, it took many hours with toothpicks to clean all the brasso residue out of the engraving.
Regards
Gene

5th July 2009, 05:44 PM	#1
Atlantia Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: The Sharp end Posts: 2,928	That Indian Jambiya, restored: For comments Well, I know it didn't exactly set the boards afire when I initially showed you all it! My sincere thanks to Battara, Steve and especially Stuart, who talked me into waiting to find a nice piece of velvet for the recovering of the scabbard. The Velvet is pre WW2, so its proper velvet. Looks a treat in person. I decided to shift from the original green, as although it probobly looked good when the mounts were still showing complete silvering, it didn't look to hot with the now mostly brass colour. Havent etched the blade, doubt its worth the effort. Anyway, here it is! Hope you all approve, it took many hours with toothpicks to clean all the brasso residue out of the engraving. Regards Gene