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    Vince Evans Sgian Dubh

    Received this little beauty from Vince Evans last week!

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    Beautiful piece. Could you turn the sheath over for a photo? I like the area for engraving.

    Oh, how thick is the sheath at the top?
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    Now THAT is beautiful!

    Who is Mr. Evans? I'm interested!
    Rev'd Father Bill White: Mostly retired Parish Priest & former Elementary Headmaster. Lover of God, dogs, most people, joy, tradition, humour & clarity. Legion Padre, theologian, teacher, philosopher, linguist, encourager of hearts & souls & a firm believer in dignity, decency, & duty. A proud Canadian Sinclair with solid Welsh and other heritage.

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    Thanks, Tarheel. I will take some more pictures and post them, but it will probably be tomorrow. By the way, Vince adorned the top of the handle with a pierced heart.

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    Thanks, Tarheel. I will take some more pictures and post them, but it will probably be tomorrow. By the way, Vince adorned the top of the handle with a pierced heart.

    Vince is a knife and sword maker who lives in Hawaii, though I believe he was in Arizona when we first started corresponding about the project. His wife does the carving. I was referred to him by Lamar Britt. There are some other examples of his work in this forum.

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    A truly heirloom quality Sgian in a sea of cheap plastic and pot metal junk that we commonly see these days. Whatever you paid for it, it is well worth the money! What a thing of beauty.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Father Bill View Post
    Now THAT is beautiful!

    Who is Mr. Evans? I'm interested!
    Vince Evans and his wife, Grace, are historic cutlery creators. Based on pictures of his work I'd classify him as a master blade-smith.

    They published a book Titled "Carving Scottish Dirks", basically a tutorial on how to carve and assemble a dirk handle. Obviously the techniques for carving the handles is the same for sgian dubhs, just on a smaller scale.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Destin_scot View Post
    Vince Evans and his wife, Grace, are historic cutlery creators. Based on pictures of his work I'd classify him as a master blade-smith.

    They published a book Titled "Carving Scottish Dirks", basically a tutorial on how to carve and assemble a dirk handle. Obviously the techniques for carving the handles is the same for sgian dubhs, just on a smaller scale.
    Wow! His work looks magnificent. Does he have a website that anyone knows of? (I'm feeling the Jones starting already.)
    Rev'd Father Bill White: Mostly retired Parish Priest & former Elementary Headmaster. Lover of God, dogs, most people, joy, tradition, humour & clarity. Legion Padre, theologian, teacher, philosopher, linguist, encourager of hearts & souls & a firm believer in dignity, decency, & duty. A proud Canadian Sinclair with solid Welsh and other heritage.

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    That's just a starting place, There may be others as well. A google search turned that one up, I'm sure it could turn up others.

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