10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BASKET HILT»
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basket hilt in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
British
Basket-hilted Swords: A Typology of
Basket-type ...
He recommends using the term 'basket hilt'. All hilts less than the sphere would
be reduced versions of this or 'incomplete basket hilts'. There is significant merit
to this concept. Thus the traditional Highland or Scottish form of hilt or claymore is
...
2
Schools and Masters of Fencing: From the Middle Ages to the ...
There are two distinct forms of basket hilt : the Schiavona type and the Claymore
type, since we must use that inappropriate name. (In Plate VI., Specimens Nos.
13 to 16 belong to the former, and Nos. 18 and 20 to the latter.) The Schiavona is
...
3
British Cavalryman 1792-1815
... example, the 15th Light Dragoons' officers may have used for some years after
1788 an almost straight sword with 'expanding' hilt, two hinged bars folding out
from the knuckle-bow to form a semi-basket hilt, a pattern also used by Austria.
Philip Haythornthwaite,
2012
4
Sword, Lance and Bayonet
The Regulations from 1894 onwards make no change as regards the Highland
Regiments but specify that the basket-hilt was to be used only for levees, etc.,
and the cross—bar for “other occasions”, by the Scottish Regiments “Wearing
Trews ...
Charles FFoulkes, E.C. Hopkinson,
2013
5
European Weapons and Armour: From the Renaissance to the ...
The traditional hilt-pattern, so very well-known, seems to have developed during
the late sixteenth century and the seventeenth, from an English-designed 'basket'
hilt (Fig. 80), with very little influence from the many kinds of basket hilt evolving ...
6
Spirit Of The Sword: A Celebration of Artistry and Craftsmanship
pieces, and Leeds was no exception — this time a beautiful early Ottoman “kilij”
and a brass-inlaid Scottish basket hilt by John Allan! Studying the Scottish dirk
and basket-hilted sword was the original reason we planned our research trips, ...
7
The British Cavalry Sword From 1600
Open basket hilt of 'Ribbon' construction Illustration 10 This is a direct
development from the open basket hilt shown in illustration 4. For this cavalry hilt
two influences are apparent, the 'knoppel' effect of the heavy Walloon, but
considerably ...
In 2 Henry IV, Pistol has his sword with its “basket-hilt” (2.4.131); in Henry V, he
has a “killing tongue and a quiet sword” (3.2.34). In Windsor, he boasts that by his
“side” he “wears steel” (1.3.76). In Henry V, Nym announces that he has a rapier
...
9
Hudibras: In Three Parts, Written in the Time of the Late Wars
With Basket-hilt, that wou'd hold Broth, And serve for Fight and Dinner both : 355
In it he melted Lead for Bullets, To shoot at Foes, and sometimes Pullets ; To
whom he bore so fell a Grutch, He ne'er gave Quarter t' any such. The trenchant ...
Samuel Butler, Zachary Grey,
1757
10
Dictionnary of the English Language with Numerous ...
Ba'sket-hilt. n. s. [from basket and hilt.'} A hilt of a weapon so made as to contain
the whole hand, and defend it from being wounded. His puissant sword unto his
side, Near his undaunted heart was ty'd : With basket-hilt, that would hold broth, ...
6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BASKET HILT»
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basket hilt is used in the context of the following news items.
What kind of sword does Aragorn use?
The term broadsword should only be used for the Scottish basket hilt sword pictured below. THIS is a Broadsword!! Another mistake that I've ... «moviepilot.com, Mar 15»
Fun Video Shows How Silly This Star Wars Shaped Lightsaber Stuff …
-Broadswords generally have a basket hilt so if that's what it actually was it'd make the worrywarts heads explode seeing they can't cope with a ... «Gizmodo Australia, Jan 15»
Tim's Tales - The mysterious tale of farmer M'Millan of Musselburgh
It was when he discovered that Adam Bell had always carried with him his sword, with his initials engraved on the basket hilt, that he could hold ... «East Lothian Courier, Jan 15»
The Three Musketeers, promenade performances from St Crux …
“Fencing master Donald Walker has been choreographing the show for us, as well as teaching the cast the art of sword fighting with basket hilt ... «The Press, York, Jul 14»
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Espada Ropera and Main-Gauche: The espada ropera had a thin blade that was designed for slashing, a basket hilt and thin crossguard. «XBLA Fans, Jul 11»
London, pirates and Captain Kidd: Facts, trivia and video
Curator Tom Wareham with a basket hilt sword. Picture from Museum of London. Gibbet cage. If pirates survived the high seas, they were often ... «London24, May 11»