Hi Jim,
thank you for your 'colourful' (colorful
) input
, do you know whether hilts were modified for 'field use' ? The cut across the guard has been done very neatly and where it would have connected to the pommel is so well done, that you would never know that it was cut at this point at all. It must have been done a very long time ago ....I am sure it isn't a recent adaption.
