Broadsword
Steel, fish skin, leather, cotton | 71.5 cm (blade length) | RCIN 28487
Great Stair, Palace of Holyroodhouse
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Basket hilted broadsword with steel hilt and dome shaped pommel with tang button and four radial flutes. Handle covered in fishskin bound with wire. Plain steel ferrule and T shaped quillon. Inside basket with leather and cloth. Blade with ricasso and two short fullers.
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Medium and techniques
Steel, fish skin, leather, cotton
Measurements
71.5 cm (blade length)
89.5 cm (whole object)