Show here your Greek warrior impression

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Real ivory would be VERY expensive indeed.
Vale,

Thanks for the info Marcus.Useful matterial indeed

I agree, that's a useful source, Marcus.
Giannis, you could also use bone, which can give a very nice finish and may well have been used in our period. For attaching the slings, you really need to rivet through the wood, before you join the two sides of the scabbard. So, you put on the leather, then the fittings and then you join. Since you've already closed the scabbard, you could fit a single sheet of brass or copper, with all four rings attached, just below the locket, or scabbard mouth-piece.

It's a great sword. Olvios also shows one on the Phalanx Forum, which is very plain, made by a Greek craftsman. It, too, is very impressive.