ICS-824 Historically Correct Scottish Highlander Basket Hilt Broadsword

ICS-824 Historically Correct Scottish Highlander Basket Hilt Broadsword Product Features 43 inch overall sword 34.5 Inch 440 Stainless Steel Blade 6" Custom Gold Plated Steel Handle with Red Tassel Full Hand Guard Hilt with Red Suede Lining Reinforced steel sheath Product Description 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 (1746) the single-edged "backsword" was at least equal in popularity like ours.