Tritonworks Custom Scabbards - Scabbards

Features

Unlike for the Maelstrom line, there are no standard options for Nautilus line scabbards. Prices shown here are approximate.

Custom-fitted, wooden core ($185) more
Nautilus line wooden cores are wool-lined and feature historically-accurate cross-sections and distal tapers.
Complex fantasy design
Leather outer in any color, if desired (add $33 for custom colors)
Twisted wire elements ($7+) more
Wire decoration helps delineate your scabbard. Wire decoration was often used in period for decorative work on sword pommels and hilts. This is an example of the sort of work we typically do with twisted wire.
Pewter/sterling decorative elements ($18+) more
Add any metal decorative element from the decorative elements list. If you don't see something from the theme you want, ask us about it. We can find just about anything.
Braided leatherwork ($25+) more
Add braided leather work as a decorative touch or as part of your suspension system. Here in one of my earlier efforts I used braided leather in the suspension system for a Del Tin Falchion.
Wood inlay ($???)
Wood burning ($???)
Metal chape ($95+) and/or locket ($25+) more
Add a chape and locket, ranging from simple to elaborate, like the chape shown here.
Fantasy metal work ($???)

Nautilus Line Scabbards

Nautilus Line scabbards are non-historical but fully functional scabbards built to customer specifications... and by their imaginations.

Examples

This customer wanted a post apocalyptic look for a saber he had and wanted me to match a dagger scabbard.

Another take on the Valeria scabbard

A beautiful Samson sword, it reminds me what we lost when he left us.

This particular sword was very challenging due to the extreme upsweep of the blade.

This is a Baltimore Knife and Sword Yataghan. The leatherwork on this one is a new direction for Tritonworks.

This particular sword is a backsword training blunt and the customer had a very specific vision at to what he wanted his scabbard to look like. I placed it in the Nautilus section not because it is a fantasy piece but because it was historically inspired but customer designed.

This one is a Marto decorative sword known as "The Sword of Merlin" As such I though that it should have a mystical theme. The customer wanted it to be red and black, a palette that I am quite happy with.

A historically based fantasy scabbard for an historically based fantasty Albion sword!

This one was a little bit of a departure for Tritonworks, we've only made one quiver previously.

This one was an imaginative customer creation, in keeping with the snake theme of his headless horseman sword from "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."

In this scabbard I combined the Japanese concept of having an assymetric chape with a design take from a celtic iron age scabbard.

This is a Kirby Wise axe that I built a sheath for. Nothing like this is known historically, but it's a handy thing to have nevertheless

This is one of ten Jody Samson built Martian Longswords. The customer wanted a suspension rig that was very "John Carter of Mars"

Full length shot introducing Rick Barrett's version of the literary Stormbringer.

This is a Jody Samson Fantasy Longsword. It is called Serpent Tail, a name I believe Jody conferred upon it. In keeping with the name I elected to go with a reptilian theme.

This is another Jody Samson Fantasy Longsword. This one is called Pendulum and is a sister sword to Serpent Tail in the previous set of pictures.

This is a Jody Samson Fantasy Leafbladed Sword.

This is a Tinker Pierce fantasy saber.

This is a scabbard and baldric for a Samson Viking-style sword. Note the intricate cast bronze chape and locket as well as the lacework scabbard edges.

A full-length shot of a similar baldric for another Samson sword, this one a fantasy two-hander.

This particular customer wanted a sword "in the style of" the Ranger Sword from the Lord of the Rings movies

This is one of a pair of swords by "Little John" that I did. The extreme curvature made this one challenging.

This was another challenging piece for an Al Massey pattern-welded falcata. The scabbard is poplar inlaid with black walnut. Seven coats of tung oil were then applied for the finish.

This scabbard has an interesting aesthetic thanks to the copper elements. I really like the contrast.

Shot of the sword sheathed.

Custom gladius scabbard for a Raven Armoury gladius. The scabbard is poplar inlaid with black walnut. The raven inlay was especially challenging.

This is a scabbard I did for a Vladimir Cervenka bidenhander. I've put it in this fantasy section because to the best of my knowledge bidenhanders were not scabbarded but rather were kept in supply wagons with pole arms or simply slung over the shoulder like a rifle on the march. The scabbard features an imperial eagle motif in the center and on the chape as might befit a bidenhander in use by German troops in the employ of the Holy Roman Emperor.

Full length picture of Cervenka hand and a half. The scabbard is suitable for a 14th century sword, but since this is a fantasy inspired sword it ended up here in the fantasy category.

Busse AK-47 "combat katana." This particular customer wanted a non-traditional-type saya to go along with his non-traditional-type sword. This saya admirably fits that bill. Rather than being lacquered, as is traditional, this saya was plasticoated with a texturing element mixed into the coating. This created a tough finish which feels very similar to the black anodized coating on the blade itself. It is provided a matte finish, which is what this customer wanted.