Like my new dubh?

[stickman]

They look great but don't forget to put some kind of grease on those Damascus steel blades. The 1095 steel in them will rust when it's next to a sweaty leg. That's the main reason I started to make my blades out of heat treatable stainless steel like 440C or ATS34.

[Troglodyte]

That's superb work - evident skill of a master cutler.

I fancied having a go a sgian-making a few years ago, so bought the blade blanks, fitted antler handles, and formed the leather sheaths around the finished knife. I set a reticulated pattern sterling silver disc into the crown of one, and a simple cap on the other.

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These form part of my usual kilted day-wear, and, being my own handiwork, I have no qualms about using them for their true purpose - not just as ornament, I mean.

[12stones]

That's superb work - evident skill of a master cutler.

I fancied having a go a sgian-making a few years ago, so bought the blade blanks, fitted antler handles, and formed the leather sheaths around the finished knife. I set a reticulated pattern sterling silver disc into the crown of one, and a simple cap on the other.

These form part of my usual kilted day-wear, and, being my own handiwork, I have no qualms about using them for their true purpose - not just as ornament, I mean.

Those look great. I've thought of doing this myself sometime in the future, but need to get some other things going first.

[Ninehostages]

They look great but don't forget to put some kind of grease on those Damascus steel blades. The 1095 steel in them will rust when it's next to a sweaty leg. That's the main reason I started to make my blades out of heat treatable stainless steel like 440C or ATS34.

404 Stainless is harder than Hades.