Scottish sword Antique!

Flannel Lined Basket Brass Hilt - Wire Wrapped Leather Handle
High Carbon Steel Blade and Scabbard - 41" total length - 34" Blade

sword is a bladed weapon, consisting in its most fundamental design of a blade and a handle. The blade is usually of some metal ground to at least one sharp edge and often has a pointed tip for thrusting. The handle, called the hilt , can be made of many materials, but the material most common is wood covered by leather , fish skin or metal wiring. The traditional weapon of the highland clansman, the Scottish swords have sown fear into the hearts of Englishmen for centuries. Having double edged blade, the hand forged swords are beautifully polished with triple fullers. The blade cuts very strongly due to its width and "V" shaped cross section.

The early Irish bronze-age sword was not very big and in general size and shape, it looked remarkably like a common sort of pre-Victorian Scottish dirk, except for being double-edged. Construction was with a "notched butt" blade, without a tang, riveted to the handle. By the late Bronze Age, the sword blade assumed a characteristic "leaf" shape which carried over into the Iron Age and which also made it an efficient cutting weapon. This type of sword has been found in both Ireland and Scotland. Dating from the Middle Ages, in its later and quintessential form, the long double-edged blade (often made outside Scotland) was affixed to a two-hand hilt (usually locally made) with downsloping quillons and a heavy pommel.

Claymore is the one-hand basket-hilted broadsword- a form of the Scottish sword. The word claymore has been used to describe two distinct types of swords used by Scottish warriors and soldiers. The first was a large, two-handed sword used in the medieval period. The second was a large basket-hilted sword and was issued to Scottish troops in the 18th century. It was feared because of its strength and size and was the primary weapon used during the constant warfare that became the way of life for the Scottish clans. Today, it stands as a great symbol of Scottish heritage.