Horseman's Basket Hilt Broadsword

Whether you're fighting from a saddle or on foot, we sure you'll be hard pressed to find a better weapon for the job than Cold Steel's Horseman's Basket Hilt Broadsword. Loosely modeled on English Broadswords of the 17th and 18th centuries, it has a long double edge blade that can deliver powerful shearing cuts well as a deadly thrusting attack.

The handle is made of wood wrapped in Same', or ray skin, and bound with wire for an exceptional grip. And, to completely protect one's hand it comes with a full basket hilt that's been enlarged to accept an American sized hand. There's a heavy steel pommel that counter balances the blade and serves as a lethal striking tool in its own right. Plus, because the blade is made from modern high carbon spring steel, it will pass the British Proof Test. It comes complete with a heavy leather scabbard that's reinforced by a steel throat and chape.

Horseman's Basket Hilt Broadsword

Blade steel	1055 Carbon
Rc hardness	60-64
Blade length	33 1/2"
Length overall	39 3/4"
Blade thickness	3/16"
Weight	50.1 oz
Made in	India

More about 1055 Carbon steel:
1055 steel is right on the border between a medium and a high carbon steel, with a carbon content between 0.50%-0.60% and with manganese between 0.60%-0.90% as the only other component. The carbon content and lean alloy make this a shallow hardening steel with a quenched hardness between Rc 60-64 depending on exact carbon content. These combination of factors make this one of the toughest steels available because, when quenched, it produces a near saturated lathe martensite with no excess carbides, avoiding the brittleness of higher carbon materials. This steel is particularly suited to applications where strength and impact resistance is valued above all other considerations and will produce blades of almost legendary toughness.