Unsharpened Sgian Dubh

[Panache]

I bought the sgian on eBay, and it's produced by The Sgian Dubh Company in Scotland. It's a dress knife and I had set it aside because I haven't had a dress event in a while. I've got one next weekend and I'd be a bit embarrassed to show folks a knife with no edge...

Bob,

I can't help but wonder at what kind of formal events you go to that require you to show your knife. Generally the well behaved Scot keeps it tucked away to preserve the mystery.

Hmmmm...wait a minute what are we talking about again?

Cheers

Jamie

[Bob C]

Bob,

I can't help but wonder at what kind of formal events you go to that require you to show your knife. Generally the well behaved Scot keeps it tucked away to preserve the mystery.

Hmmmm...wait a minute what are we talking about again?

Cheers

Jamie

Someone always wants to take a peek at my sgian at these banquets. I expect it to be even more so because the new one is very cool.

[O'Neille]

The type of grind on a sgian is usually a convex grind. In order to sharpen one you should shape the blade down to the cutting edge, about .5mm using wet/dry sandpaper or a or a small belt sander with ever finer grits of paper to shape the entire blade. When you get the edge down to about .5mm you can sharpen it as usual. These blades are very hard and will require a considerable amount of work to get the final sharpenable shape.

[James MacMillan]

Paying someone to sharpen a knife is just not right. Here's what you should do. First, go ..here.. and read up on how to sharpen a knife.

Then go ..here.. and ..here.. and buy these two items.

Next practice oon an old knife.

Finally get all your knives out of the kitchen drawer and make them tools again.

--And finally tackle that sgian dubh.

You can do it!