Quote Originally Posted by Archangel
A good sword should come with the contraption, that's where the word comes from, for carrying it. It'll will be a shoulder strap over the opposite shoulder. My opinion, unless it's a renfair, it looks tacky.
There's an annual celtic music event here and one of the organizers walks around with one and it's really out of place.

That said, a Selkirk sword is on my wish list, I just wouldn't take it for a walk. I have a bokken for that. Dreadbelly has the right idea: nice, strong traditional walking stick.
I second the walking stick or cane idea.

A sword looks silly... Foolish even in this modern age. Plus, you can't go to many places wearing one. You'll be busted for a deadly weapon.

A cane on the other hand is stylish, looks proper, is handy for all sorts of things you would have never thought of, and is fantastically painful in the right hands. One would only need to watch me get in to a brawl just once to be sold on the idea.

A cane screams sophistication along with a kilt and is the weapon of choice on a gentleman.