The phrase "a hilt" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to the handle of a sword or similar weapon, typically in discussions about weaponry, history, or literature.
Example: "The knight grasped the hilt of his sword tightly as he prepared for battle."
Alternatives: "a handle" or "a grip".
The sword, with a hilt enameled with red and white tulips, contains natural materials like wood, shagreen and rock crystal to express his love of nature.
An outstanding specialty was the Sarmatian long sword, which featured a hilt of wood with gold lacing, topped with an agate or onyx knob.
Made around 1750, the sword has a steel blade and a hilt of Sawasa alloy with lacquer and gilt decorations in Asian motifs.
With their huge antlers, these closely resemble the small bronze figures of the early 1st millennium B.C. that have come out of north Iranian sites, while a dagger recovered from Dong Son has a hilt that finds parallels in 2nd millennium B.C. Egypt.
The instrument consists of a stainless steel cannula and a thin inner wire with a hook at one end and a hilt at the other.
The player can create a custom lightsaber by selecting a hilt and one of five blade colors.
Since the 2014 discovery, divers have recovered part of HMS Erebus' wheel, a sword hilt, a canon, a bell and a crew member's boot, among more than 50 other items, from the ocean depths off Nunavut's coast.
Its upper rim is encircled with spiky figures: a hilt-shaped cross; two long-necked birds, which might be vultures; and two stylized gates or grilles, surmounted by horns.
In the second painting (the Tolouse painting) Judith uses another weapon: a big sword with a straight blade and a cross hilt, and a particular handle with a discoid form in its end.
This is a skewer with a fencing hilt, nothing more, nothing less.
If you've time on your hands, make a lightsaber hilt out of a paper towel tube and insert your flashlight/torch into it.
