Greetings folks! Very excited today as I had some lovely surprises waiting in my mailbox today. Stumbled upon a fantastic chap up in my favourite region of the US, the Pacific Northwest ( I miss it every day!) who does some truly fantastic knife smithing! I have been hunting around for easily ten years for a Scottish dirk but not just any dirk. Something truly unique and one of a kind. I am very proud to present my first dirk from Boar's Tusk Armoury (https://www.facebook.com/BoarsTuskArmoury), in Spanaway WA. Boars Tusk is owned and operated by Bob Powell, a truly talented smith producing some fine work indeed. It's a 16th century Piper Dirk. The blade is hand forged 5160 spring steel, the hilt is a English walnut with German silver fittings. The blade is 9 3/4 long 1" wide and the back is 3/16ths thick with a straight taper grind, 15 3/4 inches overall. Along with the dirk I picked up a sexy little bodice dagger for my lovely lady with a gorgeous purple heart handle! I Highly recommend Bob. He was great to deal with, fantastic communication and turn around. I know I’ll be going back for more!