Now i know that sword frogs and gorgs pikclips and stuff exist. Honestly this all comes down to aesthetics and i'm not a whole lot concerned with min-maxing although it does involve a good bit of that.
Basically i'm look to add a sheathed sword to my garb. I have experience making kydex and wooden sheaths but basically what im looking for is some guidelines about the smallest (circumference-wise) roughly 30" blue you guys can think how to make. Do you reckon it'd just be a 2.5" min bat or could a single edged flatblade get smaller (again, curcumference-wise)? my basic plan is to build the weapon, measure the circumference, go out and buy the pvc pipe that most matches that measurment. Then heat it up and stick a wooden version of the sword into it to form the shape.
If anyone sees any major flaws with this idea im really all ears. I don't wanna go make something just to find a fatal flaw that i missed and injure someone else or myself.