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Old 07-31-2004, 02:45 AM
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dont worry about it being a dumb question.

sheaths are usually softer (like you said) and could be cordura, leather, and I usually consider kydex and plastic as sheaths. Scabbards are hard, and could be metal or wood, or even a hard leather.

Scabbards are usually for larger blades, but not always, usually because larger blades often entail the knife being "nicer" and ncier knives usually have nicer sheaths/scabbards.

I suppose sheath and scabbard are interchangable, more a matter of preference, but to me, sheath is soft, or plyable, scabbard is hard, and can be used to whack someone in the face
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