Help needed on 1534 French Sword Belt

[PoD]

I have a guy asking me if I can make him a sword belt like the one worn in 1534 by the French Explorer Jacques Cartier. I have trawled through my limited library and searched the internet but I can’t find any decent pictures of what a French sword belt from this era would look like. This is the only picture I have found but it doesn’t show the frog part of the belt.



Anyone got any ideas on what they would look like?

[Mark Griffin]

Depends if he actually wants a frog or not? They were still using direct suspension to fixtures on the scabbards then

[PoD]

Yeah I have sorted it now I think. I found a picture of one that was recovered from the wreck of the Mary Rose so I used that as a starting point. I'll post a picture once its made.

[Mark Griffin]

Please do, sounds an interesting project.

[PoD]

This is what I came up with in the end. I'd have liked to change a few things but the customers deadline and budget meant I had to miss out on things like a metal belt keeper and better strap end.

[Mark Griffin]

a damn fine effort!

[lucy the tudor]

Rather nice, is that!

[Stuart Ivinson]

Very nice - where did you get the metal fittings?

[PoD]

I got them from here:

http://www.lorifactor.com/p709,a-07-pen ... losed.html

[Stuart Ivinson]

Cheers!