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Title: Sgian Dubh
Post by: 1/2primitive on December 24, 2010, 04:37:14 pm

I've been in a knife making mood lately, and I've been working on this one pretty intensely for about a week and a half.

It still needs another coat or two of finish, but I was a little too eager to show it off.

Anyway, this is my sgian dubh; a small Scottish knife. The blade is made from leaf spring steel, with a slightly convex bevel that covers the full width of the blade. The handle and sheath are of red oak with cocobolo accents. The vinework, I don't think, is as nice as my last one, but it'll do.  ;)
The sheath is my first wooden one, and it just about killed me to get the blade to fit correctly. But what's on the inside won't show, eh?
Overall (sheathed), it's about 8" long, and the blades measures just under 3.5".

It's a bit heavy for the traditional Scotch use for these knives, that being sort of an original 'boot knife', but I don't wear the tall socks that I would need to slide it into.  ;)

The knife has a very sturdy feel to it. But that's probably due to the really thick blade.  ;D
        Sean

Title: Re: Sgian Dubh
Post by: beetlebailey1977 on December 24, 2010, 09:00:21 pm

That is a interesting knife...I like it.  Making the wooden sheath had to be tough. :)

Title: Re: Sgian Dubh
Post by: NTD on December 24, 2010, 09:02:44 pm

Wow, I like that a lot.  Beautiful work!

Title: Re: Sgian Dubh
Post by: bryan irwin on December 25, 2010, 12:29:08 am

cool knife and sheath.

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Post by: Deo on December 25, 2010, 02:38:11 am

that is a beautiful blade.

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Post by: cracker on December 25, 2010, 08:40:01 am

Cool very unique

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Post by: Sparrow on December 25, 2010, 10:03:30 pm

That is a very nice piece of work. I like the wood choice especially,very unique. I much like ,the shape of that blade. A Man knife !  '  Frank

Title: Re: Sgian Dubh
Post by: Hillbilly on December 25, 2010, 10:40:56 pm

Sweet! Stirs my old Highland blood. :)

Title: Re: Sgian Dubh
Post by: Mark Anderson on December 26, 2010, 09:33:16 am

Looks great. I would be proud to be wearing that in my kilt sock. Now make a dirk to match!
Mark

Title: Re: Sgian Dubh
Post by: nugget on December 26, 2010, 10:40:57 am

WOW that is cool

Title: Re: Sgian Dubh
Post by: 1/2primitive on December 27, 2010, 12:46:39 pm

Thanks for the kind words, guys, it was a fun project to work on.

I learned a lot from it, too.  ;)

And Mark, yep that's the plan; I want to make a dirk/sgian set. Fun stuff.  ;D
       Sean

Title: Re: Sgian Dubh
Post by: elkcalln8 on December 27, 2010, 09:38:19 pm

Beautiful work brother.  :o :o :o

Title: Re: Sgian Dubh
Post by: Ian Schmidt on December 30, 2010, 03:41:49 am

How did you carve and fit the sheath and grip to the blade??? Most of them that i've seen are two pieces chiseled and glued together. Great work btw.

Title: Re: Sgian Dubh
Post by: 1/2primitive on December 31, 2010, 01:26:17 am

It was difficult for the first time....
It took a lot more focused work than I'm used to, simply doing the job at hand instead of trying to get to the finished product asap.
Yes, the handle and sheath were cut out of a single piece of wood that started out about 10" long.
      Sean

Title: Re: Sgian Dubh
Post by: jamie on January 01, 2011, 06:10:19 am

im with steve, gonna go grab my kilt and kill some english

Title: Re: Sgian Dubh
Post by: PeteC on January 03, 2011, 09:29:56 pm

Very nice Sean. I really like that one. Great work. God Bless

Title: Re: Sgian Dubh
Post by: Pappy on January 04, 2011, 05:54:03 am

Beautiful knife.Nice work. :)
   Pappy

Title: Re: Sgian Dubh
Post by: ohma on January 04, 2011, 11:47:10 am

WOW!!! thats a beautifully done knife. if there was knife of the month contest you would get my vote.

Title: Re: Sgian Dubh
Post by: JackCrafty on January 04, 2011, 12:02:21 pm

 :o

Title: Re: Sgian Dubh
Post by: Michael C. on January 04, 2011, 05:50:34 pm

Great knife you have a lot of patience making a sheath out of wood. Good job.

Title: Re: Sgian Dubh
Post by: 1/2primitive on January 05, 2011, 01:42:44 pm

Thanks guys.
    Patience, yes, it took a while. :D
Most of the time I'm too rushed to make my work anything close to nice, but I think I've learned my lesson.  ;)
      Sean

Title: Re: Sgian Dubh
Post by: Barrage on January 10, 2011, 09:32:32 pm

Wow, nice.  Georgous knife all on it's own and then you throw that sheath in there yet...

Title: Re: Sgian Dubh
Post by: crooketarrow on January 11, 2011, 07:02:42 am

   Sweettttt

Title: Re: Sgian Dubh
Post by: Autumnbear on January 20, 2011, 02:29:31 am

That is one of the coolest knives i've seen. I'd be proud to stuff that on my kilt hose.