black-hilted

Made by her own hands-and used more than once in mundane and arcane self-defense, it was a black-hilted, perfectly balanced throwing knife.

Children Of The Night Lackey, Mercedes 1990

His plate armour was also black, without insignia, and at his side was a great black-hilted sword in a black scabbard.

The Vanishing Tower Moorcock, Michael, 1939- 1970

He neatly cut away the sleeve of Didi's jacket, then the shirt sleeve, exposing the bare arm with the black-hilted knife jutting from it.

Modesty Blaise O'Donnell, P. 1965

And many fair swords, black-hilted, with massive handles, fell to the ground, some indeed from the hands, and others from the shoulders of the contending heroes; and the dark earth streamed with gore.

The Iliad of Homer (1873) 750? BC-650? BC Homer 1840

Now, instead of a military-looking suit of green, he had on a long-waisted broad-cut coat of black, with jet buttons; a light-coloured periwig filled full of powder; black breeches and silk stockings, and a light black-hilted sword.

The King's Highway 1830

The sleeves of his thickset velvet jerkin were polished and shone with grease, — his buff gloves had huge tops, which reached almost to the elbow; his sword-belt of the same materials extended its breadth from his haunchbone to his small ribs, and supported on the one side his large black-hilted back-sword, on the other a dagger of like proportions He paid his compliments to Nigel with that air of predetermined effrontery, which announces that it will not be repelled by any coldness of reception, asked

The Fortunes of Nigel 2004