New American made sgian dubh

[neo71665]

I think it looks good, I might have to get me one

[mkmound]

Looks **** to me, and not very traditional, either in the hilt material, hilt profile, or the use of poorly executed checkering. Not to my taste; YMMV.

To enhance my understanding, since I'm ignorant of quality of construction for things like this, what are you seeing that indicates poorly executed checkering and **** manufactuer?

[smoothbronco]

Hi all, I'm new here, but based off of this link, I actually purchased this sgian dubh and thought I would report back as it has just arrived.

First, I'm no specialist in this area, I am having a scottish themed wedding and decided I would give sgian dubh's as groomsmen gifts. My problem is I have 8 groomsmen, so that ruled out high dollar ones (someday, I'll get one for myself). I also didn't want anything with a composite or plastic handle or hilt. The one that arrived has the same hilt and bands, but the handle is different. First, it does not go in, then go back out. It has two "notches" on each side, they go in about an 1/8 of an inch and are beveled. I'm 99% sure this is wood, but it's nice and dark, so it will work very well for a formal occasion. The etching is much more suttle and more 'traditional' I guess is how I would describe it. The weight is good, and the hilt is leather bound. It looks like the same blade as above. Those are all the positives.
The negatives: the bands are a little cheapy looking, the blade is not sharpe, and is loose in the hilt.
Overall: I like it, especially for the price. It fits perfectly for what I wanted and what I wanted to spend. I fixed the loseness by putting some cardboard down in the hilt and jamming the blade in a couple of times, fixed it right up. For the price, I think it's a great investment. I ordered from Chickadeetc.com on Thursday or Friday and it arrived today. My only two disappointments is I paid $12 for shipping and wasn't given an option for a cheaper, though perhaps longer shipping time and it didn't come in a presentation box, just wrapped up really well and put in a cardboard box. I will see if I can find time Wednesday to take a picture and load it up so all can see.

MoMo

PS I like ya'll's website, very informative.

[Panache]

...For some reason Phicong started two threads on the same subject. Perhaps they can be merged?

Best regards,

Jake

Threads Merged

Cheers

Panache

[cwr89]

I've dealt with Crazy Crow before, picked up one of there knife kits at a boyscout function. then realized I needed a sheath... shipped fine to me, everything was in good order and I liked their product.

~Casey

[Riverkilt]

Price just seems WAY low for what it professes to be. If it is buffalo horn, not wood, would guess buffalo in the water buffalo sense, rather than American Bison type "buffalo."

You can have any two of price, service, or quality.

Ron

[Doc]

Looks like it would work if you are on a tight budget. Still, I would save for a nicer one.

[Scott Gilmore]

Looks **** to me, and ... {snip}

I own several excellent quality products of Pakistani origin.

[Scott Gilmore]

Price just seems WAY low for what it professes to be. If it is buffalo horn, not wood, would guess buffalo in the water buffalo sense, rather than American Bison type "buffalo."

You can have any two of price, service, or quality.

Ron

Ron,

I agree - usually that's true. But there are some merchants, purveyors of fine highland goods, that seem to be the exceptions to that rule.

1. Stillwater Kilts
2. Glengarry Hats

Oh, and by the way PiobBear, both, I think, rely on carefully cultivated business relationships with Pakistani (not the derogatory "****") manufacturers. Imagine that.