SCOTTISH BASKET-HILL BROADSWORD

Price :  $399.00

Reproduction

SH-2002

Antiqued.  Although Basket-Hilt swords appeared throughout Britian from the mid-sixteenth century on, their association with the seventeenth and eighteenth century Scottish highlander has become legendary. Early highland swords almost invariably carried the double-edged “broadsword” blade but by the time of the Battle of Culloden (1746) the single-edged “backsword” was at least equal in popularity. Both the Basket-Hilt backsword and broadsword are replicated from period pieces in the collection of the Royal Armouries in England. The Basket-Hilt Broadsword (SH2002) carries a typical Glasgow-style hilt from the mid-18th century. It is likely that the blade of the original sword was made in Germany a century earlier and re-hilted as basket designs were refined. Both the SH2002 and SH2002N have wire-wrapped ray skin handles and cloth-covered leather basket liner.

• Historically accurate
• Wire-wrapped ray skin handles
• Perfect for re-enactors

Blade length:  33 1/2“
Overall length:  39 3/4“
Weight:  3lb 2oz
Thickness:  .150

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