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.
SH2002 and SH2002N
Key Features:
* Authentic replica of Museum Piece
* Fully functional
* Scabbard included

Specifications:
Blade length:  33 1/2“
Handle length:   6”
Overall length:  39 3/4“
Weight:  3lb 1oz
Point of Balance:  5"
Point of Percussion:  23"
Width at Guard:  1.79"
Width at Tip:  1.19"
Thickness at Guard:  .18"
Thickness at Tip:  .08"
SH2002 - Basket Hilted Broadsword
Glasgow Hilted Broadsword
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SH2002N - Basket Hilted Broadsword (Antiqued)
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Glasgow Hilted Broadsword Antiqued
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