What is a Claymore? - An Introduction to Scottish Swords

Enter the giveaway for a chance to win one of 4 family admissions to the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (deadline September 6): This time I wanted to clear up the confusion around the term “claymore“, which is most often incorrectly applied to two-handed swords with the characteristic quatrefoil tipped quillons. The word more accurately refers to the basket-hilted broadsword (or backsword