Bonifacio knife?

[JeffS]

Thank you, very helpful. Noted on terminology. I think the spine pattern may indicate this was made from a rather large file. Any suggestions on how to go about repairing the torn scabbard toe?

[Ian]

Hi Jeff,

That scabbard looks pretty far gone at the toe. Apart from a larger metal chape, I'm not sure what else you can do. I did, however, find a picture of San Bartolome de Malabon wielding his big knife (called a tabak by some locals).

Ian.
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[Pendita65]

I guess you can glue inside where the gap is, an sleeve from leather that you glue with wheat starch, you need to make the new leather a bit thinner and slide it inside, it might be handy to have a piece of wood modelled after the sheath inside so you can use a folding bone to press the old and the new leather together against the wood and then let it dry. After gluing i would use a special leather reviver, from a restorationmaterials supplier for book restoration.

Good luck with it.

regards, Martin