Well you set me off on a search there, the internet is useless for the odder stuff. Being curated for popularity there are any number of Japanese manga references but nothing I could find as factual. Best I could find was a Katzbalger of the early 16thC with a myriad of accessories. Bottom of page 148 of "Arms and Armour of the Medieval Knight" isbn 1 870 98100 6. I am sure I have seen other and earlier examples, but that's what I found tonight with a quick search of my shelves.
The problem is that a scabbard accessory depends on a scabbard surviving, and as you go back in time fewer and fewer survive. Hunting trousse are often more of a tool kit than anything else, and being a high class item survive disproportionaly.
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