[PMcphail]

Hey where about is everyone from??? i am from the south okanagan, BC. So is everyone on this site kiltmakers???

I am having a real good go at making my first kilt right now for my father inlaw, also i am waiting on my own family tartan arriving from Scotland it should be here anyday now cant wait.

Has anyone tried to make a sgian dubh??? i am going to try and make one so was just hoping for some advice if anyone has some???

so hope to hear from you all really soon and happy kiltmaking.

Paul

[Jock Scot]

Sorry, I can't even thread a needle, never mind make a kilt. I wish I could! Good luck with your endeavours.

[PMcphail]

come on Jock Scot if i can anyone can thats how i look at it. can you make fishing flys like the one you have for you pic??

[Old Hippie]

Originally Posted by PMcphail

Has anyone tried to make a sgian dubh?

Sure. I kinda succeeded, too.

It's a knife. It has some defining characteristics, though you'll see sgians that break the rules. You'll even see some that do so and manage to pull it off. Ask yourself what you'll use it for -- a pretty handle sticking out of your sock, a letter opener, a shoehorn or bottle opener (called a "sgian shoe" or a "sgian brew"), a backup blade, an oyster shucker? What you want to do with it will determine how you make it.

Search around on XMarks a little and you'll find lots of sgians. If you've made knives before it's just a design exercise. If you've never made a knife before it's an excuse to learn a whole new set of skills and buy a whole new set of tools.

Cheers, and good on, eh!

[GDub]

Welcome from the San Francisco Bay Area!

I don't make kilts or kilt stuff. I wear the kilt for pleasure, 'cause I'm not a Scot. Irish I am (on me Ma's side), Icelandic on me Da's.

[NewGuise]

Welcome from the colder side of the Rockies!

I'm happy to leave the making to them what knows how. I have kilts made by two forum members, one of whom will be supplying one or two more within the year (right, John?), one of those (and a third kilt) being hand-me-downs from yet another forum member, which I proudly wear with sporran and straps (and belts pending) created by two other foum members. What a fine, creative community this be!

[Jock Scot]

Originally Posted by PMcphail

come on Jock Scot if i can anyone can thats how i look at it. can you make fishing flys like the one you have for you pic??

When I used to try and tie my own flies, many years ago, they would last a couple of casts, then there would be a puff of feathers and tinsel and my "master piece" would be no more. Believe me, I really do know my limitations!