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24th January 12, 03:06 PM
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Re: What is a good traditional wood for a Jacobite dirk?
Your resident ethnobotanist to the rescue! (with lots of help from his trusty companion Wikipedia).
I'm not sure dogwood is native to Scotland. Would you consider rowan? Here's what Wikipedia says: "The wood is dense and used for carving and turning and for tool handles and walking sticks". The American equivalent is called mountain ash (same tree really). Of course, I'm no historian!
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