Hi Ya all,

This is my first time posting on here, but been nosin' around a long time, and I was wondering if there are any examples of Scottish or Irish style hilts on a type xviii sword. I think a hilt similar to the one in the attachment would look really sweet on an xviii sword.

Thanks,

Charles

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Looks pretty sweet on the sword in the picture - but of course the blade is hidden in the scabbard..... I agree with you however. I'm not certain of historical accuracy with that combination, but I'm not the right person to speak to that....

Maybe not quite the blade your thinking, but different en0ugh to add, ;)

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=581851318588659&set=a.581851281921996.1073741847.498351716938620&type=1&theater

Lee, I thought of the Castle Keep Claymore as well when I initially read this post.

Charles, where did the picture you attached come from? A maker's site?

http://livinghistory.ie/viewtopic.php?f=17&am...p;start=20


Hi Charles. This might not be exactly what your looking for, but here's an example of an Irish ring pommel, with a type XVIIIb blade.

Gregg, the picture is from Christian Fletchers site here http://www.christianfletcher.com/Christian_Fletcher/Welcome.html .

According to what I understand he's more of a 'rehilter' (if that's not a word it should be :D ) of Albion swords than a sword smith. Does any one know if the medieval scots used any xv or xviii swords at all? It seems that 99% of their swords were fairly wide and had at least one fuller. Thank you all for your help so far.