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Use of a sword's sheath as a weapon. If you still have the [[Cool Sword]], then you can [[Dual Wielding|wield them both]], or just leave the sheath on to pack an extra punch. If someone is using the sheath instead of the blade, it may be because they aren't intending to kill their opponent. An [[Iaijutsu Practitioner]] may use the sheath as a primary weapon, for feinting or stunning, or to show that it's not yet time to [[Let's Get Dangerous|get dangerous]].

Use of a sword's sheath as a weapon. If you still have the [[Cool Sword]], then you can [[Dual-Wielding|wield them both]], or just leave the sheath on to pack an extra punch. If someone is using the sheath instead of the blade, it may be because they aren't intending to kill their opponent. An [[Iaijutsu Practitioner]] may use the sheath as a primary weapon, for feinting or stunning, or to show that it's not yet time to [[Let's Get Dangerous|get dangerous]].

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* Nameless of ''[[Sword of the Stranger]]'' refuses to draw his sword, making him this by default.

* ''[[Inuyasha]]'' frequently uses the sheath of his [[Empathic Weapon]] Tessaiga as a shield, since being able to contain Tessaiga's power means the sheath is capable of generating a fairly powerful barrier. He's also made inventive use of the sheath's ability to call the sword into it on at least one occasion.

* ''[[Bleach]]'': when Ikkaku isn't fighting with shikai / Bankai, he [[Dual Wielding|dual wields]] his sword and sheath.

* ''[[Bleach]]'': when Ikkaku isn't fighting with shikai / Bankai, he [[Dual-Wielding|dual wields]] his sword and sheath.

* In ''[[Corsair (Light Novel)|Corsair]]'', Canale, a former assassin [[The Atoner|now afraid of killing]], is challenged to a duel and fights mostly with his sword sheathed as a result.

* In ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'', [[Lady of War|Signum]] will occasionally use her weapon's sheath to parry attacks. She can also [[Swiss Army Weapon|combine her sword with the sheath to transform it into]] [[The Archer|a bow]].

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== [[Film]] ==

* O-Ren Ishii briefly dual wields her sword and sheath at the beginning of her fight with Beatrix in ''[[Kill Bill]]''.

* The [[So Bad ~~Its~~ Good]] film ''Blood and Bone'' has the hero, Bone, fight the [[Big Bad]] in front of the [[Bigger Bad]]. The [[Big Bad]] being armed with a sword, the [[Bigger Bad]] has his henchmen give him one as well. [[The Hero]] just throws away the sword and fights with the sheath.

* The [[So Bad It's Good]] film ''Blood and Bone'' has the hero, Bone, fight the [[Big Bad]] in front of the [[Bigger Bad]]. The [[Big Bad]] being armed with a sword, the [[Bigger Bad]] has his henchmen give him one as well. [[The Hero]] just throws away the sword and fights with the sheath.

* ''[[House of Flying Daggers]]'': Mei manages to defend herself rather well against 4 mounted spear men using only a sword scabbard for a weapon while {{spoiler|pretending to be blind}}.