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Re: All Things Scottish
Poster: Tom Rettie <tom@his.com>
Corun MacAnndra <corun@access.digex.net> wrote:
>possibly a skean dubh
>(that's the dagger that tucks into the stockings, but I really don't know
>how far back this knife can be documented and so can't attest to it being
>within our period), and a sword. I know, you're first inclination will be
>to go with a claidheamhore (that's claymore for you who don't read Gaelic
>;-), but there are two things you need to know;
Good my lord,
As far as I can determine, the scian dhu is an 18th century thing.
Assuming we're talking the late 16th century (if he's wearing a
breacan-feile), he'd be more likely to carry a dirk, a triangular-bladed
dagger with a disk-shaped pommel.
The basket-hilted sword is about as documentably period as the
breacan-feile itself (that is, just marginally so). Basket hilts were in
use by the mid-16th century (one was recovered from the Mary Rose), and
I've come across some references to it being either a Scottish or French
style. Probably not appropriate for a highlander though, who would
probably not be so stylish at that point in time.
Your servant,
Fin
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Tom Rettie tom@his.com
Heather Bryden bryden@hers.com
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