Baldric for a late roman spatha?

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The reconstruction of the Kemathen warrior was made in the late 90`s and in that time they only thought it possible to be a baldric .But there is a little problem about this type of fixing the scabbard to the belt (the scabbard is clamped between the main belt which also passes through the ridge on the scabbard and a shorter one on the back. these parts are fixed by the silver rivets). the reconstruction so far is based on the finds of Krefeld-Gellep 43 and the position of the silver rivets in the grave. The decision to make it a baldric and not a waist belt was then made only because of two thoughts: they thought it impossible to see it as a belt and they had no other idea where to put the silver tube but as a strap end (this tube originally lay under the scabbard pointing the same direction as the blade, not in a 90° angle to it). so they based it on the 3rd century baldrics. the problem is that on these earlier baldrics the hanging sword is on a quite thin strip of leather forming a loop around the scabbard so it can dangle around free but, being the heaviest part in the whole system, is always hanging on the deepest point. The "clamping"type of fixing the scabbard between 2 quite broad pieces of leather makes it unable to dangle, so the back part of the belt always bends and bulges when used as a baldric and the system always has an intention so slip forward when in use. IMHO this type of fixing the scabbard works much better when in use as a waist belt (in this case without a buckle, perhaps knotted) but I have no idea where to see the silver tube in such a construction.