Author Archives: Bill Grandy

The owner of this Albion Regent longsword wanted a scabbard, but also wanted the grip rewrapped with a matching blue leather. The scabbard is decorated with moderately simple straight geometric lines, and is contrasted by the more organic and ornate vine decorations. The scabbard is poplar wrapped with linen and then leather. Fittings and beltContinue reading “Blue Regent”

A wooden box that was a gift to my wife’s parents. They’d given me some extra cedar logs from building their personal cabin. I split one log then hand sawed and planed it into the lumber that was used on the walls of this box, done entirely without power tools, including hand cut dovetail joints.Continue reading “Cedar and Oak Carved Box”

A modern oak blanket chest with baroque-styled carvings. The clients in this case are my parents, who commissioned it as an heirloom piece with the intent of one day passing it down to my son. I ended up surprising them with it for Christmas instead of taking their money. A major part of this projectContinue reading “Monogrammed Carved Chest”

The wooden core of this scabbard was not made by me, but by Arms and Armor for this custom longsword that they made. The client came to me in need of a replacement for the leather cover, but still wanted to reuse the original core and the original steel chape. I did so and tooledContinue reading “Gothic Arches Scabbard”

My wife Andrea restored this antique dollhouse and did an AMAZING job! She’s selling it on Facebook marketplace, but you should check out the pictures here! I’m incredibly proud of the work she put into this, and believe me, it was a LOT of work!

This scabbard has a poplar core, covered in tooled leather dyed green. The brass fittings were made by myself, and the bronze chape and belt buckles were made by Tod Cutler. The leather tooling designs come directly from an Irish artifact known as the “Armagh Satchel”. The client had initially asked me if it wereContinue reading ““Armagh Satchel” Scabbard”