Leo Todeschini wrote:


Personally I would say that the nail/knuckle stud means that the scabbard is set up in the same way as this dagger here. The scabbard needs to made this way to help with the tipping up problem as then the hanging point is higher and this is a problem with these daggers as the pommel is quite weighty compared to most knives this size and partly I suspect because it looks good.



Thanks, Leo, that makes sense. I have a "Clasic Medieval Dagger" from A & A I want to make a sheath or scabbard for and I'm looking for some evidence that it was hung from a belt. The attachments show what I have. Carrying it through the belt loops of a purse or wedged behind a belt are both historical and efficient but I was hoping to carry it hung from a belt. And the "cut-outs" for the cross would allow the weapon to lie lower to help reduce some of the dagger's top -heaviness.