New Scabbard For My Picitsh Boar Dirk

**Kilted Carver** · 19th February 11, 05:20 PM

I had originally had a rather boring leather belt sheath for it but I recently got the book Carving Scottish Dirks by Vince and Grace Evans ( which is perfect for me as it has a ton of pictures) and wanted to test out some of the things they did on the handle of the dirks they make. So I let this scabbard be my guinea pig and heres what I ended up with.
Before I added the frog:

And with the frog on:

I most certainly need to practice on my brass soldering......it wasn't very good initially. Now I am looking forward more to getting to wear it out.
Thanks for looking

**Destin_scot** · 19th February 11, 05:48 PM

Nice work.
I bought their book as well and I'm putting together a dirk similar to that they have in the book, except I'll be using nickel silver instead of brass. I'm also making the handle of the dirk out of a moose antler. I intend to turn it and carve it similar to what they've done. Hopefully, it will turn out as nice as your work.

**Kilted Carver** · 20th February 11, 05:20 AM

That sounds like it will be an awesome looking piece. I would love to see it when your done. I had never thought of turning or carving on antler. I have seen scrimshaw work and standard looking antler handles but for some reason never thought of using it just like wood.