Damascus, Bayleen, Ivory Sgian Dubh Build

[O'Neille]

I've been waiting for my damascus steel from the Arab Emirates. That is a story in itself. I also had them make me some Sgian Dubh blades to my specifications.

I decided to use some old walrus ivory, bayleen, and one of my new blades



This is the blade and handle materials I decided to use


Sliced off a piece of Ivory---It smells like you're getting a tooth drilled.



Then I drilled out the handle to accep the tang and did some file work



The fit was acceptable so I went ahead and cut some bayleen for the caps

continued:

[O'Neille]

Here is the handle and caps before shaping



Added a back fillet from ivory scrap and shaped the whole thing to my liking



Did a dry fit



A little epoxy and it was done





Made a quick sheath for it to rest in





Now I've got a new sgian dubh for the Christmas season. I left the handle natural on purpose. I just used a bit of neutral wax to bring out the shine of the bayleen. I can hardly wait to wear it next Tuesday to the Scottish (sic)Christmas Concert. O'Neille

[neo71665]

That looks great, you people never cease to impress me with your handy work on here.

[Blu (Ontario)]

A nice photo series.

In photo #4, you drilled a series of parallel holes for the tang. I was wondering if a mortising cutter might be a bit easier - I think I've seen them as small as 3/16".

Also I'd be interested to know the story behind the blades... very nice by the way.

Nice work!

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[Panache]

O'Neille,

That is just beautiful! Like everything else you do, it's quality work.

Cheers

[David Dalglish]

Great Skian Dhu O'Neille, your work is really good. Well done

[Monkey@Arms]

Wow, that's some exotic materials! Nice work.

Best regards,

Jake

[Splash_4]

Sweet!

[Rab Gordon]

Nice,

What's the walrus ivory and bayleen like to work ?

Rab

Sgian Dubh components, blades,etc.

[PiobBear]

Beautiful! Where'd you get baleen?