Swords

[Tobus]

I'm no expert, but I think most will agree that the basket hilt claymore is the true iconic sword of the Highlander. Not the two-handed claymore of Braveheart fame.

[Dale Seago]

I'm no expert, but I think most will agree that the basket hilt claymore is the true iconic sword of the Highlander. Not the two-handed claymore of Braveheart fame.

Agreed. Basket-hilted backswords and broadswords became popular around mid-1500s, though the majority of Highland clansmen were too cash-poor to own one.

I'd say the "iconic bladed weapon" of the Scottish Gael, in terms of what most actually owned and carried, really was not a sword per se, but the biodag or dirk.