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Jack W. Englund
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 Posted: Tue 28 Dec, 2010 11:05 am Post subject: Basket Hilt - Royal Ontario Museum |
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This Basket Hilt is in the Royal Onario Museum. IMHO it is a beautiful example
Jack
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Henrik Bjoern Boegh
Location: Agder, Norway Joined: 03 Mar 2004
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| Posted: Tue 28 Dec, 2010 11:49 am Post subject: Re: Basket Hilt - Royal Ontario Museum |
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Yes, it's beautyful. Personally I prefer the ones with more standard forward guards. There's a really nice on at the Culloden Visitors Center that has been excavated. Too bad it didn't say where...
Thanks for sharing!
Cheers,
Henrik
Constant and true.
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David Wilson
Location: In a van down by the river Joined: 23 Aug 2003
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Ah yes, a so-called "Pinch of Snuff" hilt with removeable foregaurd. Rather rare, and very nice! I know ElJay has made some beautiful reproduction POS (that's Pinch of Snuff) hilts, but I don't know if he's made one with the removeable gaurd....
("Pinch of Snuff" comes from the name of a painting of an officer in a Highland Regiment carrying one of these swords. The officer is also enjoying a pinch of... something....)
David K. Wilson, Jr.
Laird of Glencoe
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