You don’t. If you carry your sword sheathed on your back, you first take the whole thing off, like a backpack.
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Kolanaki@yiffit.net 1 month ago
How the hell do you sheathe and unsheathe a sword from your back? 🤔
rockerface@lemm.ee 1 month ago
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Ask the people who made the Highlander TV series. They apparently unsheathed them out of their ass.
ArgentRaven@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Shad from the YouTube channel Shadiversity made a back scabbard that actually works, but it’s not historical. Historically, people didn’t really do it.
He also made a bow carrier on his back, to mimic a lot of movies and games.
AEsheron@lemmy.world 1 month ago
To be a bit more precise, people did sometimes carry swords on their back, but generally not into battle. It was more comfortable for travel, but impossible to draw, so when they were expecting trouble they would move it to the hip.