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Mortuary Half-Basket Hilt Sword - sale
The sword has a full, darkened steel basket and sports a high carbon steel blade. The ray skin covered wooden handle is wired wrapped. Comes with matching scabbard. The mortuary sword has very close ties to the English basket-hilt and is sometimes referred to as the English half-basket. This type was mainly a cavalry issued weapon of both Royalist and Parliamentarian forces. In fact, it may be looked at as the great grandfather of 18th and 19th century cavalry sabers. One of the best originals of this type of sword is one believed to have been owned by Oliver Cromwell - General of the Parliamentarian forces - and which now resides in the Royal Armories, London. More information...
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Mortuary Half-Basket Hilt Sword
- Total length approx. 1034mm
- Blade length approx. 846mm
- Dimensions of the basket hilt approx. 125 * 145 * 170mm
- The approximately 92mm long handle is wrapped in genuine ray skin
- The ball pommel has a diameter of approx. 44.8mm
- Basket of blackened sheet metal of approx. 2.5mm thickness
- Threaded pommel
- Width of the blade at the basket approx. 37.6mm
- Thickness of the blade at approx. 4.55mm
- The blade edge is not razor-sharp, but is not quite blunt. The striking edge is approx. 1.0mm thick
- Width of the blade 10cm off its point approx. 20.3mm
- Thickness of the blade 10cm off its point approx. 4.2mm
- On each side of the blade are two fullers of approx. 515mm length and approx. 2mm width
- The blade has a one-sided grind, the two-sided grind begins approx. 125mm off the blade point
- PoB approx. 90mm
- Weight of the sword approx. 1672 g
- Weight of the sheath approx. 286 g
The specifications may slightly vary from item to item.
A high-quality product made by Windlass Steelcrafts®
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