Building a Kaskara

[Half Moon]

I'm amazed. I have been going over this project/idea for at least a month now and my brick walls are crumbling down all at once. In some respects I have been overthinking the construction and seeing how they are really built is wonderfully eye opening. In many ways I was just wrong in my reverse engineering. They are so simple, yet somewhere in the simplicity is genius. Thanks to all who have taken the time to take and post pics, and to those who asked questions I had before I did. It's neat to know I'm not the only one who likes to mentally tear apart everything.

One last question, the scabbards themselves, are leather covered wood?

It'll probably be a month or so before I really get started but I'll keep you guys appraised of the project once I start, if you like. Now I can spend the next month planning instead of figuring. Much gratitude.
Wallace