Tour Scotland photograph of a Clansmen with a Basket Hilted Claymore at Scone Palace, Perthshire, Scotland. The basket hilt was designed to protect the hand in combat. The Scottish basket-hilt sword is often distinguished from others by the velvet liner inside the basket, often in red, and also sometimes by additional decorative tassels on the hilt or pommel. The basket hilted Claymore is still carried by officers in the Royal Regiment of Scotland as part of ceremonial dress.
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