The swords show holes where rivets or studs held the wooden hilts in place.

Once more it was a simple gladius of iron, with a wooden hilt wrapped in oiled leather.

Since the new "knife" already had a wooden hilt of sorts, Orm had judged that it would do.

He had fashioned the wooden hilt himself, and wound hempen twine around it to make a grip.

She sidestepped him and reversed the knife, not wanting to really hurt him, and feinted for his eyes with the wooden hilt.

Max weight 1 kg (2.2 pounds) for the largest versions, most likely a standard example would weigh 900g/1.9 pounds (wooden hilt).

It had a simple wooden hilt with cross hatched grooves for grip.

The wooden hilt had burned entirely away, and the blade itself was warped with heat.

"I brought this back," he said, offering the carved wooden hilt to the young man.

The cutlasses were of good Sheffield steel, with plain wooden hilts and basket guards.