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When danger is not imminent, the sheath belt is usually worn across the body, as this provides greater security, the weapon then at the left hip. - (Mariners of Gor, Chapter 5, Sentence #100)

This is not uncommon with the sheath of an Assassin's weapon, this permitting the weapon's noiseless departure. It does, slightly, slow the draw. The sheath with belt he then handed, as he had the cloak, to the fellow with him. When danger is not imminent, the sheath belt is usually worn across the body, as this provides greater security, the weapon then at the left hip. If a locale is deemed dangerous the sheath belt is usually looped over the left shoulder. In this way, the weapon freed, the sheath and belt may be discarded, as it constitutes a graspable encumbrance. The sword was the gladius, double-edged, some eighteen inches of steel, long enough to outreach a knife, short enough, light enough, dexterous enough, to work behind the guard of a longer, heavier weapon. - (Mariners of Gor)