Pre Culloden English dragoon basket hilt?

[Jim McDougall]

Originally Posted by urbanspaceman

Hey Jim, that is a cool hilt. It is symmetrical, which, if I remember correctly, was a later style more suited to the gloved hands of the English than the bare clan hands.
Apart from embellishments and decoration it is virtually the same as later Glasgow style minus the wrist guard.
The French ingredient definitely adds towards pre. Culloden.
I am really inexperienced once I move outside of my specialty subject but I am learning, nevertheless, feel free to disabuse my fanciful notions.

Not at all fanciful Keith! but well observed. Thank you for coming in on this. Its another sword Ive had for half a century, and never focused on getting to the bottom of its secrets. Now that it is bucket list time, I can see many possibilities and this field of study is most arcane and formidable, but ready to learn as well!