basket hilt

[urbanspaceman]

Quite right Jim, many Jacobites were not Catholics but were simply dedicated Royalists. I don't know how the Catholics aligned when William and Mary were enthroned.
The reason I called it a Catholic blade is because of the I X in the fuller which was a Catholic symbol. It may not be easily visible.
Northern England was regarded in the South as being a "Den of Popery" while in truth 50% of the country had no interest in religion and the other 50% were divided about half and half, varying marginally according to location. It was never about religion.