Christmas present for my brother

[Kerr the Walker]

Here's a sgian I put together as a gift for my brother. He's not kilted that much yet, but dad and I are working on it. I figure a slick lookin sgian for his hose top would help a bit. Plus "babe, it's a present for my brother, I have to work on it" was a convenient justification to do a bit of woodworking instead of laundry

Without further ado....


Handle is Red Maple Burl on the 'outside' face, with stainless steel and buffalo horn accents. 'Leg-side' face is buffalo horn. Blade is Damascus steel from Caulfield Leather (outstanding customer support I might add)



Fuzzy close up of the handle. (The camera and I were in a fight.)



Side view to show the half-and-half maple burl and buffalo horn.

Lessons learned: Buffalo horn is best worked in a well ventilated area due to the fact that it stinks to high heaven.

(tartan is Kerr Modern)

[McMurdo]

Darth Vader says
"Impressive, Most Impressive"

[Kerr the Walker]

Darth Vader says
"Impressive, Most Impressive"

Well, with Lord Vader's vote of confidence I should be safe from psychokinetic asphyxiation......for now!

[fluter]

Beautiful work!

Geek that I am, when I saw the handle design I thought, "There's an analemma!" .. which is the shape traced by the sun in the course of a year, if you observed it at the same time each day.

[thescot]

That's not only a beautiful knife, but it's well designed. The flatness will assure that it hugs the leg.

Your brother is a lucky man.

[Alan H]

Beautiful work!

Geek that I am, when I saw the handle design I thought, "There's an analemma!" .. which is the shape traced by the sun in the course of a year, if you observed it at the same time each day.

Two astronomy geeks on this board. I thought the same thing.

Nice looking knife.