Decoratively tying a sgian dugh into sheath for Faires?

[The Wizard of BC]

Simply skip the Sgain altogether. There is really no function to a Sgain other than the 'look'. Most aren't even sharp or capable of holding an edge. In this case you can't pull or use it anyway so its not a useful tool, just decoration.

When out and around town I do not normally have a Sgain. If I am dressing up, or attending a Scottish themed event, I may put one in my sock for decoration. And my normal decoration is not a Sgain Dubh with a blade, but a Sgain Shoe.

[tuathanach]

Simply skip the Sgain altogether. There is really no function to a Sgain other than the 'look'. Most aren't even sharp or capable of holding an edge. In this case you can't pull or use it anyway so its not a useful tool, just decoration.

When out and around town I do not normally have a Sgain. If I am dressing up, or attending a Scottish themed event, I may put one in my sock for decoration. And my normal decoration is not a Sgain Dubh with a blade, but a Sgain Shoe.

Steve, where did you get your Sgain Shoe?

[The Wizard of BC]

Um, sorry, I should have said. - I made it.

I have the plastic "Sgain Don't" in my rental fleet. (No blade, just a piece of plastic for those kids who want to rent a kilt for prom on school grounds) So I just cut the end off, used a Dremel tool to carve out some into the handle and epoxied a standard shoe horn into the cavity.

I added a small piece of aluminum tape like that use by HVAC guys to add a bit of shiney bling to the handle.

[MNlad]

Another alternative if you have a cheap sgian you don't care about is to place it in its sheath and drilling through the entire works with an appropriate sized drill bit and fastening them together with a Chicago screw.