Basket hilt

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I have a number of Scottish basket-hilt backswords and broadswords, 18C to 20C. Two are without liner now, but are the earliest and there is evidence they had some protection when they were in use. One has a leather liner with a stitched cloth backing. The others all have cloth liners, some with several layers. I have two Schiavona-design basket hilts, one from the 17C and one from the 18C, a 17C Mortuary-hilt and an 18C English basket-hilt. None of these four ever had liners.