Pick of the week: Rusty Scottish Highland sword makes £30,000
Claymores (the word comes from the Scottish Gaelic claidheamh-mor meaning ‘great sword’) were the weapon of choice in the ongoing warfare between Highland clans and border skirmishes with the English from c.1400-1700.
They follow a largely uniform design, set with a wheel pommel capped by a crescent-shaped nut and …