His focus fell fully on the armed man carelessly waving his sword around-a thin blade with a gaudy basket hilt.
The styles of swords developed throughout the Middle Ages to create a wide variety of sweeping hilts, cross hilts, and basket hilts.
At about this time the full basket hilt was understandably made to be taken off the blade to allow the fitting of the cruciform hilt, for which the nut on top of the pommel may be noted.
I'm aware that different fighters like to attach their basket hilts different ways, so I offer two styles of this hilt.
Swept-hilts, ring-hilts, cage-hilts, and some basket hilts are forms of complex-guard.
Derivatives
basket-hilted
adjective
Definition of basket hilt in US English:
basket hilt
noun
A sword hilt with a guard resembling basketwork.
带有筐形护腕的剑柄
Example sentencesExamples
At about this time the full basket hilt was understandably made to be taken off the blade to allow the fitting of the cruciform hilt, for which the nut on top of the pommel may be noted.
The styles of swords developed throughout the Middle Ages to create a wide variety of sweeping hilts, cross hilts, and basket hilts.
I'm aware that different fighters like to attach their basket hilts different ways, so I offer two styles of this hilt.
His focus fell fully on the armed man carelessly waving his sword around-a thin blade with a gaudy basket hilt.
Swept-hilts, ring-hilts, cage-hilts, and some basket hilts are forms of complex-guard.