Okay I must admit I have not spent as much time as I could have looking at the baskethilt threads that you gentleman have posted here. However being the owner of a baskethilt myself now I think I need to pay closer attention. The question I have is do any of you have a picture of what a scabbard for such a beast should look like?

Here are pic's of a scabbards throat, & drag, that Ron Luciano took at the Kelvingrove Museum, Scotland !

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And a pic of a John Allan of Stirling , from The Park Lane Arms Fair catalogue !

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Mac

Now there's service with a smile! Thanks Thomas!

Yer welcome, laddie !

Least we not forget the amazing baskethilt scabbards of Vince Evans .....

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Wow. You know it's totally annoying that Vince is such a good scabbard maker and it's just a peripheral thing to his sword work. :) He's a heck of a nice guy and has taught me a lot.

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(Harvey Backsword c.1755)

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ElJay Erickson Basket-hilts owned by Alex McCracken.

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National Maritime Museum

2 basket-hilt's by Erik Stevenson w/ scabbard.

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3 antique 18th century basket-hilts from the myArmoury.com albums

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http://www.myArmoury.com/albums/photo/514.html
http://www.myArmoury.com/albums/photo/515.html

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http://www.myArmoury.com/albums/photo/1759.html
http://www.myArmoury.com/albums/photo/1761.html
http://www.myArmoury.com/albums/photo/1763.html

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http://www.myArmoury.com/albums/photo/564.html

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I'll start adding them one at a time .... just to boost my post count ;-) Mac

Besides I'm too old to keep up with Stephen *g* Mac

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* Pic : The 19th Park Lane Arms Fair, D.A. Oliver.

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* Pic : "Swords of the British Army", Brian Robson .

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Another fine piece-o-work by E.B. Erickson ! , Mac

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Early 20th century (King Edward V11 cypher)

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(John Cambell portrait c1749)

Here are some direct scans of my Eljay POS scabbards furniture .....

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Wow! Thanks Stephen!