Where can I get a Sgian Dubh

**McMurdo** · 31st December 07, 04:18 PM

I just found this one on ebay, expensive but it may be worth looking at
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Hallmarked-Sil...QQcmdZViewItem

**Alaskan Kilted Guy** · 31st December 07, 04:46 PM

Originally Posted by James MacMillan

I wasn't trying to be flippant - heck I enjoyed the hours I spent looking at different sgian dubhs...... Matt has some nice ones at the museum.

No worries, and nor was I. I enjoyed looking also.

**PiobBear** · 31st December 07, 05:20 PM

Or if you're industrious...

**Alaskan Kilted Guy** · 31st December 07, 05:24 PM

Originally Posted by PiobBear

Or if you're industrious...

Now this looks like a fun project!

**David Thornton** · 1st January 08, 09:02 AM

Originally Posted by McMurdo

I just found this one on ebay, expensive but it may be worth looking at
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Hallmarked-Sil...QQcmdZViewItem

That is very nice

**puddlemuddle** · 2nd January 08, 12:08 PM

has anyone seen first hand the ones at the Tartan museum with the resin handles? I am curious if they are sturdt enough?
thanks,
Chad

**Bob C** · 5th January 08, 03:11 PM

Originally Posted by puddlemuddle

has anyone seen first hand the ones at the Tartan museum with the resin handles? I am curious if they are sturdt enough?
thanks,
Chad

I own one. It's plenty sturdy.

**Ronusan** · 5th January 08, 04:10 PM

Might as well chime in with more info on the cheaper side:
The cheap knife catalogs have several options if you're looking for stainless steel stuff that's not meant for close-up inspection:

http://budk.com/search.asp?t=ss&ss=dubh

The middle one is the larger of the two knife set linked to earlier from Smokey Mountain I think. The top one I've seen in person and It's a little too big to really go in a sock.

I own the bottom one on that list. The handle is cheap plastic but I liked that it looked a little different than the traditional ones and the odd hue to the plastic seemed to work for whatever leather I wore with it since you couldn't tell if it was brown or black. Very cheaply made (as you'd expect for $4) but looked fine for Ren Faires at the time.

And there's also little horror shows like this one floating around out there:

http://www.eknifeworks.com/webapp/eC...7&SKU=DBHK2516

Interesting handle but I wished they'd tried just a tad harder on the blade. Wonder if the parts on the handle are worth salvaging for those of us who can't cast our own pewter pieces on a custom one?