Dirk construction

**PiobBear** · 11th January 07, 09:33 AM

While researching a future project I found this:

Scottish Dirk Construction

**Joe Gondek** · 11th January 07, 10:05 AM

Great site!

**Panache** · 11th January 07, 10:40 AM

Very cool.

Thanks for the link.

Cheers

**Livingston** · 11th January 07, 11:22 AM

Very much what they said ^ I've been trying to put aside time to make one myself.

**Brasilikilt** · 11th January 07, 11:44 AM

I used to have this saved in my favs, but lost it when the computer crashed. Thanks for posting this!

Dirks back in the day were often made out of a chunk of wood from the roots of a tree, probably because the grains of the root wood is less uniform than that trunk wood and made for a potentially stronger handle.
I need to make it out to the woods and find a downed oak tree or something

take care everyone

Iain

**McMurdo** · 11th January 07, 12:45 PM

Thats vey helpful, thanks for posting it, I will be keeping it bookmarked for sure.

**Warlock** · 11th January 07, 06:41 PM

Thanks for that link!

**H. Hastings** · 12th January 07, 07:03 AM

Just as an aside, if you ever have a chance to get one of Vince's pieces jump on it. I have a dirk, a sgian dubh, and a sgian achleis he made and have seen and handled several other pieces as well. All of his swords/dirks are absolutely stunning!

Plus, he and Grace are some of the niceset people you'll ever meet.

**Joe Gondek** · 12th January 07, 11:40 AM

[QUOTE][H. Hastings Just as an aside, if you ever have a chance to get one of Vince's pieces jump on it. I have a dirk, a sgian dubh, and a sgian achleis he made and have seen and handled several other pieces as well. All of his swords/dirks are absolutely stunning!
/QUOTE]

Do you have a contact for Vince