My 4th Century Knife

[markusaurelius]

Good points Matt. I guess I'm not happy with the alternative, of a simple leather sheath. I find that solution to be contrary to everything that was Late Roman, with its gold gilded helmets, colorful patterned tunics, richly decorated scabbards and swords and knives with patterns, silver nuts, decorated hilts etc. To have a plain leather sheath just doesn't make sense to me. Especially when you consider that the knife itself could be quite large and arguably quite suitable as a secondary weapon.

There are some beautiful 6th-7th Century preserved sheaths which have deeply engraved leather patterns on them, as well as small circular bits of brass etc.