Hello Alan,
thank you for reply. My base of "Knowledge" is from books and what was told me and is surely small-sized compared to your knowledge. And I am far away to start a dispute with you about the origin of this sheath, my only intention is to learn.
You may remember this thread:
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=11947
There were shown this two examples from similar sheaths (see below). May it be possible that this sheath form in question is a very old one and was used in both region?
Regards,
Detlef