Basket Hilted Scottish Broadsword from Paul Chen, CAS Hanwei

Authentic replica of Museum 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. Early highland swords almost invariably carried the double-edged broadsword blade, but by the time of the Battle of Culloden in 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. This Basket-Hilt Broadsword carries a typical Glasgow-style hilt from the mid-Eighteenth Century. It also has a wire-wrapped ray skin handle and cloth-covered leather basket liner. 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 2002 and 2003-GT have wire-wrapped ray skin handles and cloth-covered leather basket liners. *2002-GT* *Blade 33 1/2"* Overall 39 1/2"
2002-GT - Basket Hilted Broadsword	Glasgow Hilted Broadsword Qty: Price: $269.95