Scottish Basket Hilt Broadsword
Although Basket-Hilt swords appeared throughout Britain from the mid-sixteenth century on, their association with the seventeenth and eighteenth-century Scottish highlander has become legendary. Our Basket-Hilt Broadsword, replicated from an original in the collection of the Royal Armouries in England, carries a typical Glasgow-style hilt from the mid-18th century. It is likely that the blade of the original sword, marked “Andrea Ferara”, was made in Germany a century earlier and re-hilted as basket designs were refined. The hilt is crafted of stainless steel, to minimize maintenance, while the blade is forged in high-carbon steel. The grip is covered with wire-wrapped genuine ray skin and the basket liner, like the original, is crafted in fabric-covered leather. The scabbard is leather-covered.
Total length: 101cm
Blade length: 85.2cm
Grip length: 15.8cm
Weight: 1.39kg
Blade thickness (base): 0.42cm
Blade thickness (CoP): 0.29cm
Blade width (base): 4.55cm
Point of Balance (PoB): 12.7cm
Centre of Percussion (CoP): 58.4cm
Blade: High Carbon Steel
Edge: Sharp
Pommel: Threaded
Scabbard: Leather, Wood, Steel
All dimensions are approximate and may vary from piece to piece.
Although Basket-Hilt swords appeared throughout Britain from the mid-sixteenth century on, their association with the seventeenth and eighteenth-century Scottish highlander has become legendary.
Our Basket-Hilt Broadsword, replicated from an original in the collection of the Royal Armouries in England, carries a typical Glasgow-style hilt from the mid-18th century. It is likely that the blade of the original sword, marked “Andrea Ferara”, was made in Germany a century earlier and re-hilted as basket designs were refined. The hilt is crafted of stainless steel, to minimize maintenance, while the blade is forged in high-carbon steel.
The grip is covered with wire-wrapped genuine ray skin and the basket liner, like the original, is crafted in fabric-covered leather. The scabbard is leather-covered.
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| Specification | Total length: 101cm All dimensions are approximate and may vary from piece to piece. |
|---|---|
| Edge | Sharp |
| Bestseller | No |
