Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-25396609-20161112202743/@comment-26397825-20170205032857

Well, if you keep the quillons being able to fold against the blade, they can act as a protective covering. Make them telescoping and you dont even need a sheath, to be honest, as they can just cover the majority of the blade.

Speaking of sheaths, what kind of sheath are you looking at? It's a two-handed sword, which are generally too long to hang on your hip and are impossible to draw from a solid sheath on your back because the sword must come out of the sheath in a straight line. If it's a claymore scabbard then it works as you can pull it forward over your shoulder once it clears the actual enclosed part of the scabbard, but that removes the option of removable parts of the sheath.