2-handed sword scabbards

NeilUK · 3rd September 2015, 12:10 PM

But my point, David, is that there were lots of them originally. The inventories of several German and Swiss arsenals refer to them in considerable numbers and even complain about those which are missing, and yes these references do apply to the late 16th century- early 17th "beidenhander", as they were called at the time. There are also illustrations of 2-handers being carried scabbarded in the Swiss chronicles, these are 15th-early 16th century, though. Belts are mentioned as well though it is not clear how they were worn or how the scabbards were attached to them.
Cheers, Neil

Roland_M · 3rd September 2015, 03:33 PM

David is right, most of the "Zweihänder" had no scabbard.

The reason is imho simple, the scabbard is too big to carry, this means the scabbard would get lost in the first battle.

Roland

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Roland_M Member Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Germany Posts: 525	David is right, most of the "Zweihänder" had no scabbard. The reason is imho simple, the scabbard is too big to carry, this means the scabbard would get lost in the first battle. Roland Attached Images

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NeilUK Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Scotland Posts: 126	But my point, David, is that there were lots of them originally. The inventories of several German and Swiss arsenals refer to them in considerable numbers and even complain about those which are missing, and yes these references do apply to the late 16th century- early 17th "beidenhander", as they were called at the time. There are also illustrations of 2-handers being carried scabbarded in the Swiss chronicles, these are 15th-early 16th century, though. Belts are mentioned as well though it is not clear how they were worn or how the scabbards were attached to them. Cheers, Neil