>>825927To make it.
Take the cordage you plan to use for the new handle, about a yards worth.
Fill the valley between the lines with thin cord and tie Turks heads six inches apart.
Heat bees wax.
Cut the cordage flush with the Turks heads and let the new handle soak in the wax for a few hours.
Remove the old handle and clean up the tang. Add forward facing saw teeth to the tang, not more than a sixteenth deep.
Put the blade in a vice and hammer the new handle into the tang while it is still hot from the wax and let it cool slowly.
As it cools, the handle will contract and be tight arris do the tang.
The scabbard is two pieces of oak, carved on the inside to fit the blade closely and pinned together with ash pegs. Let soak in whale oil for a month until all the moisture in the wood is replaces by the oil.
Carve the outside of the wood to shape.
Soak leather in hot fat till it is soft. Sew it onto the wood scabbard.
Let the scabbard dry in a cool dark place for a month than trimm excess leather and you are done
