Sheath / Guard

Son of Witz16 Mar 2009, 22:19

RE: Terminus Est, "Her sheath covered most of her guard" ok, help, please: Not being very well versed in Swords, I've never heard of a sheath covering the guard. I thought they all stop short and fit snug against the guard. The Guard is the Quillions, right? or not? How would a sheath cover the quillions? He describes T.E. as a Dark Cross at some point, so the non-quillion, non cross-like T.E. illustrations are plain wrong (see Graphic Novel). I suppose this sheath just widen, or change shape at the guard? hurm... ~Witz

Matthew Groves16 Mar 2009, 23:48

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On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 5:19 PM, Son of Witz <sonofwitz at butcherbaker.org> wrote: (see Graphic Novel).

See what?

Jordon Flato17 Mar 2009, 00:03

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See Graphic Novel Run. Run Graphic Novel Run! On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 4:48 PM, Matthew Groves <matthewalangroves at gmail.com

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On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 5:19 PM, Son of Witz <sonofwitz at butcherbaker.org> wrote:

(see Graphic Novel).

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Jeff Wilson17 Mar 2009, 04:17

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Son of Witz wrote: RE: Terminus Est, "Her sheath covered most of her guard" ok, help, please: Not being very well versed in Swords, I've never heard of a sheath covering the guard. I thought they all stop short and fit snug against the guard. The Guard is the Quillions, right? or not? How would a sheath cover the quillions? He describes T.E. as a Dark Cross at some point, so the non-quillion, non cross-like T.E. illustrations are plain wrong (see Graphic Novel). I suppose this sheath just widen, or change shape at the guard? hurm...

A sheath can have extra bits to protect the weapon from tarnish and the elements, esp if it isn't drawn that often. Similar to the way military style pistol holsters have a wide flap over the top that snaps down, almost completely covering the weapon. http://armysurplus1.net/catalog/images/AMS200.jpg

Jeff Wilson - jwilson at io.com < http://www.io.com/~jwilson >

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