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Charles S.




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PostPosted: Fri 16 May, 2014 6:58 pm    Post subject: Scottish Hilted Type XVIII Swords?         Reply with quote

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.

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Charles




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Greg Ballantyne




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PostPosted: Fri 16 May, 2014 8:18 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

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....
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Lee O'Hagan




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PostPosted: Sat 17 May, 2014 5:18 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

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

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




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PostPosted: Sat 17 May, 2014 6:23 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

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?
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Stephen Curtin




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PostPosted: Sat 17 May, 2014 6:55 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

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.

Éirinn go Brách
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Charles S.




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PostPosted: Sat 17 May, 2014 7:01 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

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 Big Grin ) 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.
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