Here's a Cinquedea and scabbard from the Royal Armouries.

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Here are some scans from Armi Bianche:

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Dagger-length cinquedea scabbard

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Full-sized cinquedea

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Back of the previous scabbard, showing where a cord or thong was threaded through for suspension.

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Front and back of another scabbard, showing a similar method of suspension from a belt.

Fantastic photos, Chad! The tooling on those sheaths is awesome.

I think I may need to pick up a copy of Armi Blanche at some point.

Thanks, Chad. Those are really nice and the scabbard pics may be really helpful to Triton and myself in coming up witha scabbard and suspension for my Cinquedea.

Greetings!

I'm new to the forums, and I stumbled across this thread yesterday. Hugh, that Tinker Cinquedea is just gorgeous! I am a big fan of these little swords, too, although I have nothing to compare to yours. Chad, thanks for the pics of the sheaths: I've been wondering how these little guys were suspended from a belt for a long time. I wear my old Del Tin model suspended from leather thongs, but I wear mine from the side like a short arming sword (when at events).

BTW, and please don't laugh, but does anyone know exactly how "Cinquedea" is pronounced? I have heard several people swear their pronunciation is the correct one, but I have yet to be able to find it defined in any of the (scant) literature I have on the subject. Is it SIN-kwuh-de-uh, sin-KWEH-dee-uh, SINK-a-DEE-a, or something else?

P.S. I really love this site! Keep up the great work! :)

Thanks, Chad and Bill.

I'm pleased to say that at least I was pronouncing it closer to correct than others have indicated. I used a "S" instead of the "CH" sound in the first syllable, but at least I had the accent on the "DAY" syllable. :D