I've been planning to make this for a while to add to my full costume and I finally got an afternoon work on it. Here's what I've got so far:
First off, this is about the only reference photo I could find of the prop. I guess he loses it by second season, but everything is pretty much based on this photo. I started by scaling it in Inkscape and making a drawing of it as best I could.
I'll be making the dagger and scabbard from wood and the strapping that attaches it to the belt from leather. I'm using plywood for all the wood parts.
Here's the blade and the tang cut out. Two pieces of plywood are being glued to the tang which will be the handle.
The pommel, crossguard, and scabbard are all cut. I used a roundover bit to contour the edges of the pommel and I'll do the same on the scabbard. The scabbard is two layers of plywood sandwiching a third that has been cut out to the form of the dagger. That way the blade will slide right in with a little sanding since it's the same width wood. The crossguard is also 3 layers of plywood with a gap left in the center for the blade to slide through.
The scabbard once it's been rounded over, sanded, and the chape area contoured to fit the crossguard.
The pommel with a hole drilled and dowel inserted to connect it to the handle.
And everything has been sanded and glued up. Fit's nicely into the scabbard too.
Next up I'll be paining these parts and starting the leather assembly.
First off, this is about the only reference photo I could find of the prop. I guess he loses it by second season, but everything is pretty much based on this photo. I started by scaling it in Inkscape and making a drawing of it as best I could.
I'll be making the dagger and scabbard from wood and the strapping that attaches it to the belt from leather. I'm using plywood for all the wood parts.
Here's the blade and the tang cut out. Two pieces of plywood are being glued to the tang which will be the handle.
The pommel, crossguard, and scabbard are all cut. I used a roundover bit to contour the edges of the pommel and I'll do the same on the scabbard. The scabbard is two layers of plywood sandwiching a third that has been cut out to the form of the dagger. That way the blade will slide right in with a little sanding since it's the same width wood. The crossguard is also 3 layers of plywood with a gap left in the center for the blade to slide through.
The scabbard once it's been rounded over, sanded, and the chape area contoured to fit the crossguard.
The pommel with a hole drilled and dowel inserted to connect it to the handle.
And everything has been sanded and glued up. Fit's nicely into the scabbard too.
Next up I'll be paining these parts and starting the leather assembly.
