Sgian dubh styles

**skauwt** · 2nd October 09, 09:28 AM

i wonder if folk could show me there sgain dubh/dont`s,

im going to start making a handle out of ceramic in the next few weeks and in the past few days ive been looking at a fair few types of sgian dubh styles
most of the sgians ive been looking at are through google images and websites of sgian makers
but i want to see what sgians Xmarkers use ive searched through the forums and haven't really found many types of posts on sgians and when i have its usually one or two handmade ones
currently i have a cheap sgian that cost me no more than £4 i took the fake stone and replaced with a amethyst stone i also have a Damascus blade from India that i intent to make the handle for and possible sell
i found some sgain blade sellers online and of course plenty on ebay for Damascus blades
the beauty with clay is that you can buy it in any colour more or less these days and also use any colour of lead free glaze that would make it easy for me to match any tartan out there

so folks may i see your sgians please

**McMurdo** · 2nd October 09, 10:47 AM

I've got a few first I'll run through the day wear ones.

This one was a gift from a member of the forum, it is just about my favourite one to wear as it feels like it is not even there and never digs into my leg. It also has sentimental value to me.

This one I bought from a member who does not post here much anymore, it is also a very comfortable sgian to wear. Both of these are usable knifes

I've got an antler handled one that I like from the Sgian Dubh company.

Here it is with a "dress" Sgian Dubh that I bought on ebay for the princely sum of $4.00 and the hound sgian that I got from the old member.

Here is another dress sgian dubh I bought also on ebay

**skauwt** · 3rd October 09, 03:12 AM

thanks glen some crackers there in your collection the carved one has some nice workmanship id be happy if the one i make is half as good as that,i like the antler one also mind you it looks as if the handle has a nice grip about it ,

i thought id have had more xmarkers willing to show there collections by now

c`mon lads get em out

the sgains that is

**turpin** · 3rd October 09, 06:13 AM

These are my go-to knoves.
In hti pic the top one was made by a forum member and I traded with him for it It is a bit larger than the usual sgian dubh by maybe a half-inch, but the blade is incredibly sharp and the knife is a true tool. The one below was a E-bay bargain - $22 for a $200 knife (I looked it up after I saw the makers stamp when I got it.)

The top one here was made by Howard Clark, Master Smith in his forge in Iowa. It is a super fine damascus blade with an elk antler handle and a turquoise inset in the pommel. It is every bit as sharp as the first, but a finer blade and more dressy.

Both knives in their sheaths

This last was made by the same forum member as Mcmurdo's, above - Raptor, from Australia. He took a high carbon knife blanks and forged it into a sgian dubh shape, then married it to a handle of desert ironwood (i think) and inset the clan crest. He also etched the Gordon motto on it.

**dfmacliam** · 3rd October 09, 06:37 AM

Those are some very nice sgians, I am looking for something like that myself.. Getting something hand forged for a hunting sgian dubh.

**skauwt** · 4th October 09, 10:21 AM

nice sgians turpin, i really like the wooden style sgains i guess i shoudl aim for making a sgian that is practical rather just for show

**ShaunMaxwell** · 4th October 09, 08:35 PM

Here's a practical, no-frills sgian I made made by Louis Garcia, a knife maker in Fredericksburg, Texas. (http://www.lgknives.com/)

**JRB** · 5th October 09, 02:34 PM

I have a traditional sgian dubh from the Sgian Dubh Company but I only wear it with dress attire. When wearing anything more casual I wear one of my more modern takes on the sgian dubh shown below. They're all great little tools.

RAT Cutlery Izula (did the paracord wrap myself)

Busse Game Warden

Cold Steel Culloden

**Rex_Tremende** · 5th October 09, 03:35 PM

These are the ones I lust after, as documented in the now-closed sgian dubh accessory porn thread.

Regards,
Rex.

**skauwt** · 6th October 09, 09:02 AM

thankyou rex
damascus style sgians always look that much more dressy ive always felt and i just think the pattern goes so well compared to plain sgians ,for me a sgian is more for show rather than use so those styles would be my preferred choice
i like the though of incorporating gems with sgians it shouldn't be too difficult with ceramic something i may just try out