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Fig. 684. Claidheamh-mor
Early XVIth century
In a private collection, Perth
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Fig. 685. Claidheamh-mor
Early XVIth century. The grip modern, the scabbard XVIIth century. In a private collection, Scotland
it had become practically the regulation cavalry hilt—it found ready favour
with the Scots; and from about that period it has remained ever associated
with the equipment of the Highlander. Indeed, as every one knows, it is to-*day
the military regulation sword-hilt of nearly all Scottish regiments. Only
those, however, who seek to-day to collect arms of Scottish origin can
appreciate the extreme rarity of the true Claidheamh-mor, or Scottish
two-hander. We have no hesitation in describing the Scottish two-handed
sword of Sir Noël Paton's collection, now to be seen in the Royal Scottish
Museum, Edinburgh, as the finest with which we are acquainted. (Fig 681).
It is a grand weapon; indeed, had not one of the quillons been broken, it
might well be considered the most perfect specimen of all the Claidheamh-mor
weapons extant. This sword is numbered 343 in the Private Catalogue of
Armour and Weapons of Sir Noël Paton, printed in Edinburgh, 1879.
