[Daniel Parry]

That's a monster of a blade ! I like the aesthetics and proportion though. I love early Scottish basket hilts which have the wide base triple fullered blades. I think it is an attractive and practical type.

I picked up a 1798 hilt one with a much earlier blade at auction recently. I was attracted to it because of the early blade type and the triple fuller, which in this one goes full length. It has the usual 18th century fake 'Andrea Ferrara' mark on the forte, but is an incredibly light and well balanced blade and has great flex in the last third of the blade but stiff and strong forte.

Has a similar aesthetic to your one but yours is just a bigger scale !

[J.D. Crawford]

Thanks Daniel, that's a very handsome piece you have there.