sword scabbard

I got my girlfriend an early christmas present. A belly dancing sword, but it came with no way to carry it around for her shows so i thought maybe i could come up with something. I decided to make a sheath for only th tip of the sword for two reasons: the shape of the sword is kind weird (the tip of the sword is wider than the rest, and I didn't have enough leather to make a full piece.

the strap is attached to a leather tube that when used, sits right underneath the hilt. the system is a bit awkward to use but it works, and it was the best I could come up with. My stitching is still really sloppy, I actually skipped a couple of holes without noticing. when trying to even out the three pieces of leather I cut too much on some sections and the stitching line ended too close to edges in some parts.

again, functional but not quite right.