Slitted Guard basket hilted
Hi Guys
The Baron has come to our aid after all. It appears this basket hilt dates between 1575-1600 and is referred to by the Baron of Earlshall in his book "The Scottish Basket Hilted Sword Volume 1 c1450 to 1600" as a Slitted Guard basket hilt. The pages to refer to if you have the book are 187-270.
It is described here as Scottish due to the blade slot begin larger than the tang.
Great find as I have never seen one of these in the flesh before, please share more pictures and details such as blade length and width etc.
Cheers Cathey and Rex
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