Well I finished the blade and sheath in time for the NH Highland Games this weekend, i need to afix a pin to the back of the sheath still but that's all that's left to do.


I've never made a wooden sheath before (or any sheath for that matter, having just modified other cheap ones to fit my other sgian dubh) I took the same wood that i had split to make the handle, and ground outa pair of depressions the shape of the blade.



Next I slid the blade in and out of hte two pieces clamped together to find the spots that the blade was still touching / rubbing against the wood.



Next once the blade fit in properly, I cut a piece of flexible magnetic strip, and marked inside the sheath where I wanted the magnet to fit with a small chisel.



Much grinding and filing later, I had created a 2nd depression which fit the magnet, and was deep enough to not interfere with the blade going in and out of the slot. I then superglued the magnet into place.




I then used wood glue in small amounts on the contact points between the two halves of the sheath and glued it in place, and let it stay clamped over night. This afternoon after I got home from work, I took the now dried sheath which was a rectangular block still, and spent a long time shaping it at my grinding station. The result being a matching wooden sheath for the mini sgian dubh. I'm not that happy with the result of the woodglue I used. It was supposed to dry clear/dark like the epoxy I used for the top part of the handle, but be stronger for the wood on wood application, however the resulting join line is infact a little bit lighter than the surrounding wood, and detracts from the overal look IMO.

"top" view in sheath


The blade outside and beside the sheath


The side of the blade and sheath


And lastly, the back side of the sheath (note it's flatter than the front side, because when I afix a pin to the back of it, it will be the side against the kilt)