It would have been one of the most ornamented heavy swords of the period, while the remaining hilt is decorated with ... in northern England near the Scottish borderlands. "The location of the ...

“So the nature of it, the fact that the hilt and the quillings ... late Queen died last year when the Scottish Government approved the creation of a new sword in her honour.

The design of the sword drew inspiration from the Scottish landscape and the country ... features a steel blade with a silver-gilt hilt, encased in a velvet-covered wooden scabbard.

The Elizabeth Sword cost £22,000 to make and was designed by Mark Dennis and worked on by a number of expert Scottish craftspeople ... sculptor (he made the hilt), Pete Waugh – videographer ...

The design takes inspiration from both thistles and the Scottish landscape ... the sculptor who was commissioned to create the sword's hilt, was originally asked to fashion two swords around ...

“So the nature of it, the fact that the hilt and the quillings ... late Queen died last year when the Scottish Government approved the creation of a new sword in her honour.