Sgian Dubh Question(s)

[M. A. C. Newsome]

Hate to bump this thread so late...but I have a question. I bought a sgian dubh from the Tartan's Museum. It's the Blackwood Sgian Dubh, about 4th down on the page. I also thought it would be sharp when I got it. It's anything but sharp.

Matt, I believe you carried this sgian dubh before. Can this one be sharpened?

I used to get sgian dubhs from this company with a fairly sharpish blade, but around the same time I first noticed Riverkilt's thread here, I started to get shipments in from them with blades as described, no real edge at all. Rather like a butterknife. I was informed it had something to do with a recent law passed in Britain.

Can they be sharpened? I don't see why not, but I confess that though I may be a tartan expert, I know very little about knives!

Matt