I was poking around some design stores in Hollywood (I just entered the very earliest stages of planning to furnish a flat) yesterday (kilted, of course, as I have been for the last sixteen days straight), when what to my wondering eye should appear? This little gem (and I do mean that literally):



It looked like real citrine to me. The tag next to it read:

Rare early 19th Century
Scottish Knife
'Sgian-Dubh'
$5500
Thanks to California's draconian open carry (or concealed carry, if it's stuck into hose, but only maybe) laws (stricter in parts of Los Angeles, but not other parts, but only maybe), which I have been categorically unable to figure out, I still don't have a sgian dubh, but this sighting certainly whetted my appetite (pun not originally intended) for one.

Jake