A different sytle of sgain dubh?

**Ryan Ross** · 6th February 10, 07:39 PM

For day, I would be all about a full tang sgian! I look forward to seeing pics!

**Ancienne Alliance** · 7th February 10, 02:02 AM

Originally Posted by NewGuise

I would love to own the sgian dubh equivalent of a Laguiole pocket knife such as this:

[IMG]http://www.laguiole.com/images/lea_2mitresinoxbro_bru_dp.jpg[/IMG.

I have many Lagioles that I simply wear as they are.

Yours is gorgeous.

Best,

Robert

**M. A. C. Newsome** · 7th February 10, 05:08 AM

Our "biodag" knives made by Bullman Studios are all full tang, and make exellent sgians. I have one he made for me from Ebony that I wear nearly every day.

The photos I have up on our site now really don't do them justice. He's been making a lot with mixed woods lately and that is not refelcted on our site. Some of his nicer mosiac pieces I think would be excellent for formal wear.

No one who has purchased one from our shop yet has ever said anything about the full tang.

http://giftshop.scottishtartans.org/biodag.htm

**ShaunMaxwell** · 7th February 10, 03:08 PM

Here's a full tang sgian I had made by a knifemaker in Fredericksburg, Texas. It's not meant to be a thing of beauty, rather, it's intended for field use. ATS 34 and African blackwood.

Here's a more elegant full tang sgian which I'm hoping will be my next acquisition:

**jordanjm** · 7th February 10, 07:51 PM

My most recent idea for a beautiful full tang Sgian Dubh, is this: Damascus Steel Blade and tang, Black Walnut Scales, and Iona Marble embedded on the top of the handle.

**Howard Clark** · 8th February 10, 10:58 AM

Here's a full tang sgian in legal ivory and damascus, now owned by ChattanCat.
http://www.mvforge.com/images/sdcc1.jpg
http://www.mvforge.com/images/sdcc2.jpg

Of course, since it is white, maybe it is no longer a sgian "dubh" ?

**Drac** · 8th February 10, 11:40 AM

Thanks for the examples. I'll have to see how this goes to see if I can make something that can have a full tang and still be good enough for evening wear.

Shaun, just because a knife is good looking doesn't mean it can't be used. My own knife making philosophy is that if it doesn't cut anything it's not a knife. A well built knife can look good or even beautiful.

Jim

**ShaunMaxwell** · 8th February 10, 12:24 PM

Jim, I agree with your remarks... My point was that this particular knife was intended for utilitarian purposes, and wouldn't be something for evening wear... Though it's very functional.

Looking forward to see what you come up with.

SM

**Drac** · 8th February 10, 12:30 PM

Sorry. A bit of a pet peeve of mine that gets the better of me. I've made knives and been told "It's to pretty to use." I made a striking/marking knife for my father-in-law with wood from the USS Constitution (he's former Navy) and the first thing he said is that it wasn't going down to the shop.

Jim