Posts: 5,981 Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Wed 09 May, 2007 11:56 am
| Henrik Bjoern Boegh wrote: |
Sean,
It's allways a treat to see pictures from museums, and especially when one get to see the details. The basket hilt, the morts and the Dussag are very interesting.
The inlayed silver on the English basket hilt is a very nice detail. I've only seen pictures of a few other baskets with this feature, but not quite like that one. Did you get to see how the front bar (main knuckle guard) was decorated?
Cheers,
Henrik |
Looks to me like the inlay is limited to the pommel and bottom of the basket (the top as oriented in the attached photo).
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Posts: 1,191 Location: Kingston, Washington
Fri 11 May, 2007 10:29 pm
Interesting, the basic similarity between figure-eight cutlass hilts and proto-mortuary sword hilts. Basic, simple means of providing plenty of protection from a sheet-iron guard, I guess, but it would be interesting to know if there is any deeper connection, other than just being from the same general area, though somewhat different times.
Cheers,
Gordon
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