Good Morning Jim,
Once again, I appreciate your thoughts - as well as the suggested references for Scottish weaponry - thank you for both. Truth be told, the only detailed work I've acquired is focused on American patterned swords, as the ethnographic content of my collection (I consider my Scottish and Spanish items to be "ethnographic" as well, I guess
) is collected primarily for representation of form - thus my "collection" (if you could call it that) runs wide, but not necessarily deep in representation. The one exception to this rule is American military pattern swords, though my wife has wizened up to the "honestly baby, that was
always here" trick, so I am forced to add new swords
smartly these days...
If I can find a photo of the BHBS, I'll definitely post it... if not, I guess I'll have to take one then!
Best Regards,
Chris