Pugiones and Cingula

[Crispvs]

Regarding drawing a sword from a scabbard which is not secured by a belt in any way, I do it regularly and can catagorically state that it is really no harder than it is to draw from a scabbard which is belted. The only consideration is that the baldric should be reasonably short, but most evidence suggests that the real things were much shorter than many re-enactors' baldrics. Replacing the sword in the scabbard can sometimes be slightly more problematic as there is a tendency for the scabbard to move round slightly whilst running. A quick tug on the front of the baldric before replacing the sword normally does the trick and moves it back into position however.
I think that the difficulty with drawing a sword from an unbelted scabbard is a difficulty which exists purely in the minds of re-enactors who have not tried to follow what the evidence shows. No offence intended to anyone here by the way.

Crispvs