a rope by any other name would smell as sweet. as the south east asian region uses a bit of old rope as a baldric, who are we to disparage the bedu for doing the same. it may not be fancy, but a hunk of old rope tied on is still a baldric. i have a nice round and tassled leather belt i can tie to it.
(thanks for the illustrations, ibrahim)
there are many forms of baldric:
this is a baldric too; (no, NOT the turnip top)