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kronckew · 19th November 2010, 05:17 PM

the late victorian scots regiments had a cruciform hilt that could be switched onto the blade in place of the basket hilt. i imagine this could cause a bit of trading & swapping about of hilts of both sorts by the troops....

Basket hilt linky

i noted the section in that reference regarding blade fullers, ie. scots blades usually had two up to the late victorian era...

19th November 2010, 05:17 PM	#6
kronckew Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Room 101, Glos. UK Posts: 4,215	the late victorian scots regiments had a cruciform hilt that could be switched onto the blade in place of the basket hilt. i imagine this could cause a bit of trading & swapping about of hilts of both sorts by the troops.... Basket hilt linky i noted the section in that reference regarding blade fullers, ie. scots blades usually had two up to the late victorian era... Last edited by kronckew; 19th November 2010 at 05:28 PM.