Basket Hilt Broadsword Project

[BobsYourUncle]

This is correct.

The red basket liner is traditionally rayskin.

[Ryan Ross]

The red basket liner is traditionally rayskin.

I always understood that the grip was often covered in rayskin, bound with wire; I've also heard that the red basket liners were made from the clothing of slain redcoats(I figure that the leather liner was retained beneath the cloth, at least some times).

[David White]

I always understood that the grip was often covered in rayskin, bound with wire; I've also heard that the red basket liners were made from the clothing of slain redcoats(I figure that the leather liner was retained beneath the cloth, at least some times).

You can have leather (full or part way), or clothe liners.
Here is a picture of one of my broadswords showing rayskin and a leather liner-hope this helps.