09-07-2011, 12:07 AM
Where Brennivs has mentioned nails I would refer to them as clenched rivets we do find that this type of fixing was used on many Roman dagger scabbards, where the ends were simply bent over after going thro' the front plate and the wood of the scabbard.
They were also used with scabbard chapes where we find that a single pin or if you like a nail would go in from the front of the chape, in fact the length of a scabbard may well have been just a bit longer than a blade so the point of the pin or nail would be going into solid wood at the end of the scabbard.
They were also used with scabbard chapes where we find that a single pin or if you like a nail would go in from the front of the chape, in fact the length of a scabbard may well have been just a bit longer than a blade so the point of the pin or nail would be going into solid wood at the end of the scabbard.
Brian Stobbs
