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22nd December 2021, 09:59 AM
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A number of early basket hilts feature in paintings and drawings and there is for example the Mary Rose sword, which must pre-date 1545. Claude Blaire has a good article on their evolution ('The early basket hilt in Britain') in "Scottish Weapons and Fortifications" edited by David Caldwell.
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