Sgian Don't ideas?

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

That's a great picture Terry! I don't think I've ever seen that. I carry the modern interpretation of it

When I was with Wilkinson Sword I designed the "Officer Sgian Dubh", originally with four folding blades. Because of contractural problems with the previous owners of WSC, the legal department (in the razor blade division) decided that the Sword Division couldn't produce any knife with a folding blade. I then took my design to Sheffield and had a working prototype made, and then licensed the manufacture to Gaelic Themes in Glasgow. To reduce the weight of the prototype it was mutually decided to eliminate two of the blades, which resulted the the final production version now sold.

As an aside, designs of the clansman's badges set into the grip are the work of Romilly Squire of Rubllislaw, and are perhaps the best clansman's badges currently available-- not suprising when you consider that he not only co-authored the Collin's Encyclopedia, but he is also a Herald Painter to the Court of the Lord Lyon, as well as the Office of the Chief Herald of Ireland.