Early Dharia for Comment

[Dom]

Originally Posted by kahnjar1

Can someone please tell me what the scabbard covering is likely to have been......leather??..........material of some sort??

Hi Stu
the case arose for me
but the surface was less
I searched stores selling second hand
woman bag in lamb skin ... used, to have the benefit of patina
for less than a dollar I found my happiness
pictured here the result
now it true that your "Dharia" has a lightly different look
I'm agree with you, to try to restore it in the spirit
all the best

à +

Dom

[A.alnakkas]

Nice one Stu. I dont see much of this style it seems to predate the silver ones. I think you should use some thin leather as Dom suggested.

[kahnjar1]

Bonjour Dom and Salaams Lofty. Thank you both.
The Dharia shown by Dom is I think later in age than the brass mounted one that I have. I was hoping that someone had one of these brass mounted ones in their collection with the scabbard covering intact.
Plenty of time yet to get the correct answer and I do want to restore this to it's original state if possible.
Stu

[Lew]

Hey Stu

Very nice find. Here is one that I picked up in 2011. Brass/bronze over iron.

[kahnjar1]

Hi Lew,
Now that's about the same vintage I would say. Is that black leather on the scabbard?
Nice piece, and there don't seem to be many this early about, certainly not up for sale anyway...........
Stu

[Lew]

Black leather? Yes .

[Atlantia]

Hi Stu,

I'd say that the standard red/burgandy thin leather (I guess the originals are goat skin?) with some minor tooling.
Are there any traces of leather left where it's pulled away from the glue?