A different sytle of sgain dubh?

[CMcG]

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Would you guys buy a sgain dubh with a full tang or would you pass it by?

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My own knife making philosophy is that if it doesn't cut anything it's not a knife. A well built knife can look good or even beautiful.

I would definitely prefer a sgian with a full tang and I agree that knives should be able to cut; if there's no edge, it's a letter opener! With the right materials, fancy bolsters, decorative file-work, etc a full tang sgian could surely be suitable for evening wear. Drac, do you have a website?

My compromise was to find a sgian with a full length tang, even though it isn't full width. Better than a blunt edge, plastic handle, sgian with a half-length, half-width tang

Here's mine, made by Hanwei. The purple cut glass is gaudy but it matches the purple stone on my dad's old kilt pin: