Help, a Sgian Achlais, a Dirk or fooled ?

[Burgondy65]

Dale, Geoff,

thanks for the accurate information. I'm happy the item i bought could at least be considered as a Dirk. I don't mind it probably can't be sharpened ; that was not my intention anyway. So i'm glad I at least have a "replica" Dirk for my kit. However, I strongly dislike a webshop publishing misleading information, partially or not. Based on the information from Dale, this seems to be the case. I can't comment on the steel since i'm not going to try to sharpen it.

[Dale Seago]

BTW, if anyone wants to broaden their knowledge concerning dirks, here's a good article that covers the subject from the origin as a ballock knife to the dirk's now-emasculated position as a large piece of jewelry:

http://www.myarmoury.com/feature_spot_dirks.html

[Sir Didymous]

BTW, if anyone wants to broaden their knowledge concerning dirks, here's a good article that covers the subject from the origin as a ballock knife to the dirk's now-emasculated position as a large piece of jewelry:

http://www.myarmoury.com/feature_spot_dirks.html

That's a great article. I read it a few times while building my own kit. I am a member of that forum, but I don't visit it as often as I would like.