From ancient times to the present, for how to wear swords more beautifully and conveniently, knifemen have played a variety of tricks. For example, subject to iron smelting technology, the earliest popularity in ancient times was not a knife, but a bronze cast sword. At that time, there were a variety of sword methods such as the one-ear suspension method, the sword-style sabre method, and the sword belt hanging shoulder sabre method.
Before the Han Dynasty, although there was a copper-tin alloy technology, the hardness of copper was still limited compared to steel, so it was much more reasonable to cast a sword with puncture as the main attack method than to cast a knife based on chopping, especially for long weapons.
Single-ear suspension is suitable for relatively short swords, such as the crank bronze sword of the early Western Zhou Dynasty, when the sword sheath had not yet been derived, there was a ring at the head of the sword, which was used to wear a rope belt and then tied to the belt, and this sword method can still be seen on the ceramic figurines of the Western Han Dynasty.
There are also double ear hanging swords, in the late Western Zhou Dynasty, the sword began to be equipped with a sword sheath, the double ear suspension is to install two perforated sheath ears on the sheath, and then use a long and a short two belts, one end tied to the hole of the sheathed ear, the other tied to the belt. This approach is clearly more robust. However, the double ear suspension is still more used in the saber, and it is the most important method of the sabre, and later spread to Japan, where the Tang Dadao in the Shosoin collection is a typical double ear sheath.
From the Spring and Autumn Period to the Qin and Han Dynasties, the sword body of the sword was often relatively long, and if it was still suspended with one ear, the sword body was bound to shake left and right. Therefore, the copper and iron swords unearthed in this period are accompanied by a number of "sword nose buttons", that is, "Ying". It can be worn directly on the belt, or it can be worn with a thinner tie, that is, the sword method.
In addition, a bronze figurine of the Western Han Dynasty drum seat (1), as well as on the Tang Dynasty's "Nanzhao Scroll" (2), there is also a sword method with a sword belt hanging from the shoulder.
Looking at modern swordsmen, the sabre method is more diverse, but some can not escape the shadow of the ancient sabre, such as shoulder hanging, rib hanging, which is very similar to the sword belt hanging shoulder sabre method.
However, due to the different shapes of ancient and modern swords, there will still be certain differences, such as arm hanging, calf hanging, or inserted in shoes, which are unlikely to be realized in ancient times. However, for example, the calf hanging, unless you have been squatting to work, you have to crouch down and touch the knife before drawing the knife, so these are not very common sabre methods.
In fact, no matter whether ancient or modern, the best way to hang the sabre is to hang on the waist, especially for the small straight knife, hanging the knife vertically around the waist is the safest and most convenient. If it is worn on the front side of the body, it is easy to cause danger if it falls accidentally. Other ways, hanging on the back, shoulders, thighs or shoes, are far less convenient to use than hanging around the waist.
Finally, when the sabre is used, the knife is best close to the body, and if the belt ring is loose, it will greatly affect the activity.
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