This slender sword typifies the style of
weapons used by the Scottish and their Irish cousins in the mid
13th century. Its tapered 30 inch blade and heavy wheel pommel
make it an amazingly balanced and swift weapon capable of both
slashing and thrusting. Though the wheel pommel’s first job
is to add balance to a sword, in a pinch this heavy piece of steel
held close to the bottom of the fist could double as a bludgeoning
tool. This tactic gave birth to the term pummeling. The forward
sloped lobed quillons make it possible for a skilled swordsman
to entangle his opponent’s weapon allowing him the chance
to over power a lesser man with either a second weapon like a dirk,
or simply by grappling the opponent and wrestling him to the ground.
(Leather Scabbard Included)