So we were in Franklin, NC this past weekend for the Taste of Scotland festival, which was cancelled but will be back next year. Anyway, there was still a Scottish dinner on Saturday evening, and there was a fun competition for those who came in appropriate attire. I had packed everything I needed, but realized when I got there I had forgotten flashes and my sgian dhub! The flashes were not a real problem, the Tartan museum was right downtown, and so picked up some garter ties, but really did not want to buy a new sgian dhub for this occasion. When we got back to the friends we were stating with, I noticed he had a nice piece of wood standing in the garage from some trimming last year, so it was nice and dry. I looked it over and decided I would see what I could pull together for he and I both to have a sgian for the evening's dinner. Here are some quick pictures. Note that I had to make do with what was available in the garage, and had only about 1.5 hours to pull this together, and not much in the way of woodworking tools. Oh, and these are actually sgian don'ts, as they are actually bottle openers, which is OK with me, I need a bottle opener more often than I need a knife in my sock!

The raw materials:



The tools:



The finished products: