May 30, 2015 by Clan Lamont
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A painting of James Lamont in the 1870's he has a sword with a brass basket hilt of late eighteenth century pattern also a stag's horn dirk, a buck's horn small knife and a buck's horn skean dhu. Hold...
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Amanda Moffet
Wonder what that stick is with a hook on the end?
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julie Lamb
Amanda Moffet...that was a Lochaber axe. These were originally designed with a long haft and hook at the end to enable the user to pull his opponent off his horse and then attack him with the axe.
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julie Lamb
It actually looked to me like something a shepherd used when bringing in the flock,but I was corrected on this point by several people.
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