Funda 2 Shinobu Kamado 1

A scabbard carries half the silhouette of a sword costume, since it hangs at the hip all evening whether or not the blade ever comes out. This is a saya-style sheath in the idiom of the slender, tapered swords carried by the demon-hunting swordfighters of modern anime, where the weapon is as much a character trait as a weapon. The form follows the Japanese original, a long narrow case worn edge-up at the waist, but drawn with the stylised proportions of animation rather than the weight of a museum piece. It comes as a multi-part kit for the prop shelf. Cosplayers usually want the sheath as much as the sword. It is what makes an outfit read when the weapon has been peace-bonded or left in the hotel room, and it gives the finished build somewhere to live on a shelf between conventions.