How does one wear the baskethilt broadsword?

[MacNachtan Archer]

I was recently gifted with a baskethilt broadsword of decent quality. It has a two-ring military-style scabbard. How would it be suspended/carried when wearing a modern kilt, on the rare occasions when I might do so? I have seen them worn by drum majors, but have not had the opportunity to examine the type of belt/harness involved...

Thank you for any input, ideas, and/or photos.

[OC Richard]

EDIT:

Highland military officers have long used a specific sort of sword-belt. It goes over the shoulder, having rings holding the two narrow belts that go to the scabbard, and a hook for hooking up the sword in high reversed position for marching. (Here's a new one from L&M Nova Scotia, it doesn't have the sword belt plate attached.)



Here you can see the swords hooked up and reversed



And a clearer photo showing the hooked-up scabbard with sword removed



Or, you can get one of these things, I don't know what they're called but they have a clip to attach the the loop, a place for the narrow belts that go to the scabbard rings, and a hook to hook up the sword, reversed, for marching

[OC Richard]

The white leather over-the-shoulder style was (and still is) worn by Highland officers in Full Dress and No1 Dress.

There's a different style for non-Highland British officers where the two narrow belts (slings) that go to the scabbard are attached to the waistbelt, and the waistbelt has a narrow shoulder strap also attached which helps support the weight of the sword.

Here's a reproduction of a Victorian British officer's belt. You can see the two attachment points for the two slings, the hook, and the shoulder belt

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Done in brown leather, with a different buckle, and with the slings connecting to a frog designed for the Service Dress scabbard (no rings) it's worn in Service Dress even today by officers, the familiar Sam Browne belt:

[ShaunMaxwell]

Came across these and thought you'd be interested:

https://coghlinandupton.com/index.ph...oducts_id=1195

https://www.landmhighland.ca/product...-belt-baldric/

https://www.google.com/shopping/prod...axoD1cQ9pwGCA4

Cheers,

SM

[OC Richard]

For sure it depends on whether you're wearing the sword as part of a military uniform, or in civilian Highland Dress.

Up until the late Victorian period it was common for civilians to wear swords in full Evening Dress.

IIRC the civilians wouldn't be wearing the slings going to rings on the scabbard, but the sort of scabbard with a stud at the top that goes into the frog built into the Highland crossbelts. (The long slings on military officers' swords was due to them being on horseback.)





This crossbelt appears to have the same built-in frog that modern "pipers" crossbelts do