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Carnelian Sgian Dubh

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A fine Scottish knife in curly maple, The grip is turned and carved, with a nickle-silver buttcap and filed guard, and a cast band of pewter as well. A man-made carnelian cab finishes the cap, and a sterling Celtic knot adorns the obverse side of the grip.

The sheath is carved from a beautiful piece of premium-grade curly maple, with a cast-on pewter throat.

The blade is a fine 3 ½” Damascus (by Loch Ness Origins), with a filed back. Total length of the piece is 8 ½”.

From Wikipedia: The sgian-dubh (skiːənˈdu, skee-ən-DOO) is a small, single-edged knife worn as part of traditional Scottish Highland dress along with the kilt. Originally used for eating and preparing fruit, meat, and cutting bread and cheese, as well as serving for other more general day-to-day uses such as cutting material and protection, it is now worn as part of traditional Scottish dress tucked into the top of the kilt hose with only the upper portion of the hilt visible. The sgian-dubh is normally worn on the same side as the dominant hand.

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