A John Wilkes Booth boot question

[John Stanton]

Look back at the picture of Powell's knife, at post #2. That sheath was made to be worn on a belt. Very snug fit, so as not to fall out. That sheath was machine made. Maybe that was Powell's KNIFE, but not his sheath. I did my share of reenacting, with suspenders - that were not elastic, and a Uniform Belt (with a two-piece Virginia buckle,) - for a pistol, etc. I reenacted a Surgeon and as part of my portrayal, I always had a bevy of "captured" ladies. The surgeon always got to look after the ladies in all of John Wayne's movies. The surgeon I portrayed Dr. Settle, 7th VA Cav. carried a pistol -and went to jail for that. (Surgeons normally were non-combatents, and were treated kindly, not Dr. Settle (Lived in Paris, VA)