photo's of my Armour Class mortuary hilt can be seen here

http://www.myArmoury.com/review_ac_mort.html


and just glance at my avatar...

Well, I found the original in, of all places, John Wallace's Scottish Swords and Dirks, the very first book on the subject that I bought way back in the last century. Here are two photos of the sword - and one of a cup and ring hilt - that must be the inspiration for the Armour Class swords. I guess my diligent search wasn't diligent enough. Any way, here are two views, one from the side and one from the front of the basket.

Any comments?

Thanks again for all the help.

Lin

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And therein lies the problem for me, Lin. The general shape is the same, but when you really compare the two, there are significant differences in the form and sizing is too great for me. The pommel on the AC is very different than I'd expect. The overall proportions are a bit strange to me and the general shape is troubling. None of the things stand out to me as being bad, but they do stand out as being off.

One size fits all? :p

Lin, I suggest you send AC an e-mail asking about the basket size versus the size of your hand. I have a friend in the UK who's got very big hands and his AC basket hilt (which is the same model as the one you're looking at) is a bit bigger then the standard size. I can almost use it as a hand and a half.

Cheers,
Henrik

PS.
A couple of pics from the albums here by Ron Luciano, taken at the NMoS.
http://www.myArmoury.com/albums/photo/3738.html
http://www.myArmoury.com/albums/photo/3740.html