Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Help..Information on Khanda scabbard design needed

katana · 31st March 2007, 07:29 PM

Hi Galvano,
thankyou very much for your time and effort....the pictures are excellent

The scabbard certainly has age and is very nice… can't wait to get some decent wood and start making mine

Hi Jens, thanks for the extra info. I was concerned that with the long blade ... unsheathing the sword quickly might be a problem and would have needed a special arrangement of how it was 'hung'/carried.
Would there have been a ‘hand grip’ area on the ‘carry type’ of scabbard ? Would the ‘carry type’ be made more strongly…perhaps reinforced as it would make a useful defensive 'stick' when used with the sword 'unsheathed'.

31st March 2007, 07:29 PM	#5
katana Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Kent Posts: 2,658	Hi Galvano, thankyou very much for your time and effort....the pictures are excellent The scabbard certainly has age and is very nice… can't wait to get some decent wood and start making mine Hi Jens, thanks for the extra info. I was concerned that with the long blade ... unsheathing the sword quickly might be a problem and would have needed a special arrangement of how it was 'hung'/carried. Would there have been a ‘hand grip’ area on the ‘carry type’ of scabbard ? Would the ‘carry type’ be made more strongly…perhaps reinforced as it would make a useful defensive 'stick' when used with the sword 'unsheathed'.