New Sgian Project

[Raptor]

I've started my next sgian, which will be a birthday present for a good mate. As Red is a W.O.2 in the Royal Tank Regiment, I've decided to fit acrylic bolsters in the regimental colours of brown, red & green (mud, blood, & the green fields beyond), and attempt to route a regimental collar dog into the hilt.

In the true spirit of interservice rivalry, I'm making the hilt & sheath from mango wood. Apart from being a beautiful timber, there's an old navy joke referring to soldiers as "mangos", based on "green on the outside, yellow on the inside, & too many of them have an undesirable effect on the body's functioning". (cleaned up a tad for posting) Red'll appreciate the joke.

Timber has been sawn & split, & I'll start the blade this morning. Pics as I progress.

[SnakeEyes]

Sounds interesting, I'm looking foreward to seeing some pics. Also, your anecdote about mangos reminded me of another. My step-grandfather was in the RCAF and was what they called a "Canary", because he was 'too cute to shoot and too yellow to fly'.

[Raptor]

I decided to experiment a bit with this one: I decided to laminate the hilt, & the sheath is in 4 parts. OK, it's probably not new,but it's new to me, & this whole sgian dubh-building thing is a teach myself as I go tutorial Here's the pics to date.

The blank timber


Glue drying:


The blade was done the same way as my last sgian dubh project

[Raptor]

Basically done. A bit more sanding & polishing, & it'll be ready for the coat of wax. Apologies for the blurred shot, the camera couldn't decide where to focus.

[Tartan Hiker]

Now that is very, very nice.

[Sean_the_Kilted]

That looks really sweet. Did you do the carving by hand or some sort of eletric tool? How long did it take?

[PiobBear]

good job!

[Kid Cossack]

Any man ought to be honored to have that in his sock.

[gangreenfootball]

pretty sharp piece

[McMurdo]

Very nice, I am sure Red will love it.