"..Military customs of the Scythians are as follows. When the Scythian kills the first enemy, he drinks his blood. The Scythian warrior brings the heads of all the soldiers killed in battle to the king. After all, only the enemy who has brought the head gets its share of the booty, otherwise it does not. The skin from the head is ripped off as follows: on the head make an incision around the ears, then grab the hair and shake the head out of the skin.Then the skin is cleaned of meat with a bulbous edge and crushed by her hands. The Scythian warrior uses leather as a towel, binds to his horse's bridle and proudly flaunts it. Who has the most such leather towels, he is considered the most valiant husband. Some even make raincoats out of tattered skin, sewing them like goatskins. Others of the skin corpses, which have been torn off along with the nails of the enemy's right hand, make covers for their quivers.."                 

                                                                                          Herodotus about the Scythians.