http://www.gleefulgecko.com/archives/94/ Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:23:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.gleefulgecko.com/archives/94/comment-page-1/#comment-35 Brett Mon, 04 Apr 2005 18:51:40 +0000 http://www.gleefulgecko.com/archives/94/#comment-35 It is an amazing thing to me. I am unaware of any other sword with as direct a lineage that old. Even if the hilt is only a teenager... It is an amazing thing to me. I am unaware of any other sword with as direct a lineage that old. Even if the hilt is only a teenager…

]]> http://www.gleefulgecko.com/archives/94/comment-page-1/#comment-33 brian kennedy Mon, 04 Apr 2005 18:17:46 +0000 http://www.gleefulgecko.com/archives/94/#comment-33 It's on record as being in Dumbarton Castle for 6 centuries before being moved to the Wallace Monument in Stirling in the 1890's. James the Fourth of Scotland had it rehilted in 1505 on the occasion of the bicentennial of Wallace's execution. So while the blade is 700 years old the hilt is a "new" 500 years! It’s on record as being in Dumbarton Castle for 6 centuries before being moved to the Wallace Monument in Stirling in the 1890’s. James the Fourth of Scotland had it rehilted in 1505 on the occasion of the bicentennial of Wallace’s execution.
So while the blade is 700 years old the hilt is a “new” 500 years!

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