Claidheamh mòr pronunciation
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The Scottish Claymore Sword
(or 'Ow Ta Defeat Manny an Anglishmun)
Here's a prime example of a Twisted Hilt Scottish Claymore.
This type of sword was said to have been used by William Wallace, the legendary Scottish warlord portrayed by Mel Gibson in the 1995 movie, Braveheart. Although Wallace did use a large sword similar to a claymore, his was a bit different from the blades we normally think of when we hear the term claymore. The actual sword used by Wallace, on display in Stirling, Scotland, has no leather-wrapped ricassa and has a blade that angles to a more acute point. It is entirely possible that Wallace used a standard Claymore during his years of battle, but the sword that is regarded as his primary weapon is not the claymore most people think of, therefore we don't sell this as the "William Wallace Sword" as some shops do.
Digression aside, the claymore was an awesome weapon on the battlefield. The amazing reach (as much as 60 inches of overall length for standard claymores)made it extremely difficult for opponents to close with the weilder. The long ricasso
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Claymore
The pommel is from a basket-hilted sword. An inscription 'AFORBES' (with the F the wrong way round) is punched (pontillé style) along one length (nothing on the other): name of previous owner?
Christie's, London, 3 March, 1949, Lot 76, vendor not named
Legal notes
Bought with the General Duplicates Fund
Acquisition and important dates
- Method of acquisition: Bought
- Dates: 1949-03-11
Dating
The claymore is a two-handed sword of a type used in Scotland from the 15th to 17th century.
The claymore, which has this very distinctive form of hilt and guard, was used in Scotland, its name said to be derived from the Gaelic for great sword, claidheamh-mor. The claymore became well known through the writings of Sir Walter Scott in the 19th century and became, along with the kilt, very strongly associated with the rise in Scottish romanticism. This, very characteristic, example has the name AFORBES (with the F the wrong way round) on one side of the blade, probably the name of a former owner.
Maker(s)
Note
The claymore is a two-handed sword of a ty
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Claíomh Solais
Great weapon of Celtic myth
This article is about the mythological Sword of Light. For other uses, see Claíomh Solais (disambiguation).
The Sword of Light or Claidheamh Soluis (Old Irish; modern Irish: Claíomh Solais[ˌklˠiːwˈsˠɔlˠəʃ]) is a trope object that appears in a number of Irish and Scottish Gaelic folktales. The "Quest for sword of light" formula is catalogued as motif H1337.
The sword appears commonly as a quest object in the Irish folktale of a hero seeking "The One Story" (or the "Cause of the one story about women"), which culminates in the discovery of a "Tale of the Werewolf" (a man magically turned wolf by an unfaithful wife). However, the sword is uninvolved in the man-wolf portion, and only figures in the hero-adventure frame story.
The sword of light, according to a different commentator, is a fixture of an Irish tale group describable as a quasi-bridal-quest. This characterization is inspired by the formula where the hero gains a beautiful wife (and riches) by gambling against a gruagach aka wizard-champion, but suffers lo
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