The blade does not possess a fuller — a near-universal feature of blades with this type of cross-section (lenticular)[5] except in processional swords of the Renaissance. The blade in its original state would have likely been Oakeshott type XIIIa (also known as Espée de Guerre or Great war sword), which became common by the mid-13th century.[6] Such swords would have a long, wide blade with parallel edges, ending in a rounded or spatulate tip.[7] The grip, longer than in the earlier Scottish swords, typically some 15 cm (almost 6 inches), allows good two-handed use. The cross-guards were probably down-sloping (in the later highland style) or straight, and the pommel either regularly Brazil-nut or disk-shaped but this case perhaps a lobed pommel inspired by the Viking style.[8]