What's up with the sgian dubh nowadays!?!?!

[Dreadbelly]

The knife is a little hard to see.

It is an Imperial Knife. Made in Ireland. I am sure somebody round here has to know the brand. It's made from 440 carbon steel. It holds a razor's edge, and holds it quite well I might add. I have skinned stuff with this inky dinky little knife. It's always been a little to small in my giant mitts. It has a rubberised no slip sure grip handle. The blade is about 2 inches long. It's thick. Nearly 1/16 of an inch thick along it's back edge. It's very very strong and has held up to endless abuse. This knife has done everything. Stripped wire, skinned animals, cut leather, cut rope, it can cut a seat belt, self defense, camping and everything that comes with that, cleaning fish, survival in general, and once I even used it like a hammer to break a car window by ramming it tip first in to the side safety glass. (Not for stealing, I assure you) As you can see, the tip is still straight and uncrimped, the blade is mostly knick free, and it has survived all the abuse rather well. It's one of my sharpest knives... I could cut somebody or something with this thing, and they wouldn't even know they had been cut, until a few moments later when the blood begins to fountain from the heart pumping. I once cut my own thumb, didn't even know I did it. Hospital had to cauterise it to make the bleeding stop. This one is named The Drinker.

I would love to see a blade much like this one, with this kind of strength and quality, and the ability to hold an edge... Small, but made in such a way that it is an effective tool for anything. The handle on this is way to large to be effectly stuffed in to a sock. However, the handle is not nearly large enough to be comfortable in my hands. I suspect though that any Black Knife I would own would be that way.

Why doesn't anybody make a blade like this in to a Black Knife? I mean, correct me if I was wrong, but wouldn't they sell like hotcakes?

Edit. Typo. Did I miss anything else?

Second Edit.

I really should mention that Imperial is no longer is business, at least last I heard. Their small time outfit of craftsmen in Ireland could not keep up with the flood of cheap machine pressed P.O.S. imports from Southeast Asia. I know when I bought The Drinker all those years ago, the price tag was, hmm, I don't recall exactly, but it was close to the $350 mark. At the time, the handle was a brand new technology to civilians, fresh out of military tech. It also came with a life time promise of enduring perfection. The company is gone, but many of their blades will live on for generations to come, becoming more and more precious to those that treasure them. This particular blade is not for sale. :razz: Seriously though. I'd never sell it. Not now, with the company gone.

Something to think about when you buy a cheap P.O.S. knife.