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The end is bought ready-made by the
dozen which costs of six sols for
the small ones, but for the the big ones 2
caroli.The end this is put either
with nails which are put on the sides of the cutting edge, but
this only spoils the sword & destroys the scabbard because the
water enters through the join of the nail. It is best to
apply resin or glue on it, but the resin is better.
And it is best when the end is well adjusted & set so hot that the
pulverized resin melts on the end. In this way, it does not fall
and cannot be undone unless it is put in the fire.

Guards are of several kinds:


Worked


Guttered which is with round mouldings
Pearled


Scarfed when the bands are crosswise


Onioned which is with a flat head


In the King's manner, which are plain

The furbishers buy them by dozens, the
dozen of plain ones commonly costs x lb. The
worked piece, 30 sols or depending on its
style.

The first thing the apprentice does is to furbish as
said.

And next to garnish the sword & make a scabbard which is the
height of the art.

They buy wood pieces for scabbards which are ready made, of
beech wood, a hundred for xv or xx or 30
sols, depending on the distance to the place
where they are made.

Theses wood pieces are thus called
estelles, and have to be
very neat & without any knots & are one finger’s
thickness across.

Then the furbisher puts them on a small bench, called a
scabbard bench and with a egplanesmall iron
tool similar to that of the joiners' bench,
they hold it firmly. Then with a planeplane which is like a knife with two
handles, one works the wood
roughly from the top, next one passes the joiner's
plane on it the better to even it. Next, one scours it on the
inside with a

