Modern Sgian Dubhs

**motorman4life** · 5th September 05, 12:22 PM

I think I recall seeing a post here about a well-known knife company making a modern or "tactical" sgian dubh. I did a search and could not find it. Anyone know what I'm talking about here?

**Bil** · 5th September 05, 01:33 PM

Cold Steel. http://www.coldsteel.com/60ce.html

Cold Steel make great knives. They are one of the only tacticals I recommend to my clients. Price tag is high but you get what you pay for.

In case you want to referrence whether on not I know what I'm talking about:
http://www.counterstriketactics.com/home.htm

**Sciuropterus** · 5th September 05, 01:56 PM

Cool stuff, Bil.
I have been doing martial arts since 1981, Did TKD all thru high school and dabbled in Aikido & Kenpo along the way.

I trained in Kali/Silat/JKD over several years at MN Kali Group, also racked up a lot of seminar hours with Inosanto/Vunak/Hartsell/etc. That was where I first saw a sarong used as a weapon.

I will be taking in a Bill McGrath stick & knife seminar (Filipino Pekiti Tersia style) this fall.

I have been doing Kosen Ju-Jitsu for the last 7 years, we do lots of law enforcement training at our school, lots of fun. We had a prison guard there who was a bagpiper.

**Archangel** · 5th September 05, 02:05 PM

You might have been thinking of the earlier Culloden model which Cold Steel offered. I liked it a lot but the fit up of the handle seemed cheap and sloppy so I never bought one. I kept waiting for them to improve on it but theydiscontinued it and offered the folder Bil refers to.
I'm sort of hoping with the discussions here that they will reconsider.

**Freedomlover** · 5th September 05, 03:25 PM

Wow. At $350.00 U.S. there is no chance I'll ever own one of those. Maybe it's just me, but that price seems far out of line even considering the titanium parts.

**Archangel** · 5th September 05, 07:19 PM

Originally Posted by Freedomlover

Wow. At $350.00 U.S. there is no chance I'll ever own one of those. Maybe it's just me, but that price seems far out of line even considering the titanium parts.

you know, I never even looked at the price before, it wasn't what I wanted. That's an outrageous price for a factory knife. I couldn't justify that.

Their previous model, the fixed blade, skean dhu, Culloden, was less than $US50 if I remember correctly. I thought that was pushing it.

**Doc Hudson** · 5th September 05, 08:37 PM

Yep, and IIRC, they put the last ones on close out sale for $36.00 USD, but I was too late to get one.

Still think I'll order one of their black synthetic sgian dhus for about ten bucks though.

**Doc Hudson** · 6th September 05, 07:26 AM

Hey Dr. Douglas,

How would this little sticker fit your mitt?

The blade is 2" long but the grip looks like it is made for a mansized hand.

I found it listed under knives at the Jarls of Lochlann website. Priced at $20.00 and made in Norway.

**Dreadbelly** · 6th September 05, 07:35 AM

Originally Posted by Doc Hudson

Hey Dr. Douglas,

How would this little sticker fit your mitt?

The blade is 2" long but the grip looks like it is made for a mansized hand.

I found it listed under knives at the Jarls of Lochlann website. Priced at $20.00 and made in Norway.

That's a nice little pigsticker!

**Brasilikilt** · 6th September 05, 09:37 PM

Originally Posted by Doc Hudson

Hey Dr. Douglas,

How would this little sticker fit your mitt?

The blade is 2" long but the grip looks like it is made for a mansized hand.

I found it listed under knives at the Jarls of Lochlann website. Priced at $20.00 and made in Norway.

Man......if only a knife company such as Mora would combine a scandinavian knife with a sgian dubh......