tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1258832833257933108.post2677597032377225489..comments2023-10-22T04:39:49.373-06:00Comments on Forgefire: Medieval Gems for Writers: Wearing a Sword on Your BackTom Abbotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02245728822327092684noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1258832833257933108.post-44656095851353166532018-02-04T23:13:37.899-07:002018-02-04T23:13:37.899-07:00Thank you for submitting such a wonderful article ...Thank you for submitting such a wonderful article on the swords and thesre particular use. Please keep posting more about it. For more info:- https://superiorswords.com/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1258832833257933108.post-16163434943739445492016-08-11T07:54:53.662-06:002016-08-11T07:54:53.662-06:00Yeah the mini back scabbard has no known historica...Yeah the mini back scabbard has no known historical example and only a light bounce in your step can cause the hilt to pop up and out of the little hooks at the top. Not a bas solution for sunny res fires, but not practical, not historically accurate.<br />Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14013444232407924488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1258832833257933108.post-30033072789368448872016-08-11T01:05:59.202-06:002016-08-11T01:05:59.202-06:00Leaving the blade open to weather/water influences...Leaving the blade open to weather/water influences with a sheath like that. Yet to see the historical daddy for the time period, of this design.<br />Better idea protection wise (purpose of the sheath), would be to have a regular sheath, that you just 'click' to a frame on your back.<br /><br />Ambush situations where the sword would have to be drawn instantly, would have occured less than we might think.<br />The ones wearing these (expensive) swords were trained fighters, not lone wandering naive forest dwelling biologists..<br />Wearing it at the hip is not comfy during a tavern visit, let alone during a fight.<br />When a fight seems to commence, the sheath could simply be thrown on the ground.<br /><br />Traveling would occur by foot, horse, or cart.<br />Cart: put sheathed sword in cart.<br />Horse: tie sheathed sword to saddle, or leave it at the hip as it doesn't bother until galloping.<br />Foot: Fighter would not be wearing armor when traveling by foot. Wear the closed hip belt on your shoulder like a proud medieval metroman.<br /><br />So no reason to invent a bothersome backstrap.<br />Why would we do this now?<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13598543570455444520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1258832833257933108.post-81743432601943424502016-08-11T00:11:56.355-06:002016-08-11T00:11:56.355-06:00That looks like it would work. I was thinking of ...That looks like it would work. I was thinking of something similar, but with a loop of leather instead of a pair of metal hooks.<br /><br />And it shows off your blade nicely.Tom Abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02245728822327092684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1258832833257933108.post-44233588973466493892016-08-10T23:07:53.796-06:002016-08-10T23:07:53.796-06:00Unless your sheath looks like this
https://s-med...Unless your sheath looks like this<br /><br /><br />https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/b2/f6/75/b2f675601a9dc79fe21cd0f0596273db.jpgaugustpersonagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03577888947882041938noreply@blogger.com