PAUL CHEN 2002 SCOTTISH BASKET HILT, BROADSWORD POLISHED WITH BLACK LEATHER, 38'' OVERALL

Although Basket-Hilt swords appeared throughout Britain from the mid-sixteenth century on, their association with the seventeenth and eighteenth century Scottish highlander has become legendary.

Cas Iberia's Basket-Hilt Broadsword, replicated from an original in the collection of the Royal Armouries in England, carries a typical Glasgow-style hilt from the mid-18th century. It is likely that the blade of the original sword, marked “Andrea Ferara”, was made in Germany a century earlier and re-hilted as basket designs were refined.

The 2002 basket hilt sword is available in a polished finish. The hilt is crafted from stainless steel to minimize maintenance. The high-carbon blade is also polished. The grips of the broadsword is covered with wire-wrapped genuine rayskin and the basket liners are crafted in fabric-covered leather. The scabbard is leather-covered in black. Also available in an antiqued finish PC2002N.