[GG Osborne]

For all of you Mortuary hilt fans out there, check out Harvey Wither's site, www.britishmilitaryswords.co.uk. He is offering a 1640-era mortunary sword with the original scabbard. The blade is heavily etched and engraved. The outward face of the semi-basket is heavily chisteled. Harvey has provided a number of nice close-up shots. This is - at least in my experience - a chance to see a very nice sword paired with the scabbard. Enjoy and Happy Holidays to all!

[William Goodwin]

Thanks for the link....will surely go have a look.


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oh wow.....that is very interesting indeed. It's the first I've ever seen, in my mortuary research over the years, with an original scabbard.


cheers,

Bill

[William Goodwin]

another interesting feature about this particular mortuary is the leather basket liner. There are only a couple shown in Mazansky's book and I've never seen one with a liner personally. The pics of this will surely find their way into my mortuary hilt photo data base collection.

cheers,

Bill