# Sheath / Guard *The Urth list — 4 messages, 4 voices, 16 Mar 2009* > Exported from an unofficial mirror of a public mailing list. Copyright > in each message remains with the person who wrote it. > Email addresses are obscured as `user at host`, the form the original > archive published. This file was rebuilt from parsed fields rather than > retained headers, so it is faithful in content but not byte-exact. --- ### Son of Witz *16 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 Groves *16 Mar 2009, 23:48 · in reply to Son of Witz* > On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 5:19 PM, Son of Witz wrote: > (see Graphic Novel). See what? --- ### Jordon Flato *17 Mar 2009, 00:03 · in reply to Matthew Groves* See Graphic Novel Run. Run Graphic Novel Run! On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 4:48 PM, Matthew Groves wrote: > On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 5:19 PM, Son of Witz > wrote: >> (see Graphic Novel). > See what? > _______________________________________________ --- ### Jeff Wilson *17 Mar 2009, 04:17 · in reply to Son of Witz* > 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 > ``` ---