Basket-Hilt Backsword Hat badge Medium: 28" (66 cm) -

Medium: 28" (66 cm) - 39" (97 cm)

replicated from an original in the collection of the Royal Armouries in England

was made in Germany a century earlier and re-hilted as basket designs were refined

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Synthetic reeds are noted for being more reliable than cane

Basket-Hilt Backsword Hat badge Medium: 28" (66 cm) -Early highland swords almost invariably carried the double edged broadsword blade, but by the time of the Battle of Culloden (1746) the single edged backsword was at least equal in popularity. Our Basket Hilt Backsword, replicated from an original in the collection of the Royal Armouries in England that dates from about 1760, has an unusual basket with twin engraved horned beastie plaques and a blade with twin fullers running most of its length. The