Wood for Sgian Dubh

[Blackrose87]

Its not that big of a piece really. Its at home and I havnt measured it, but Id say its roughly 4ft long and about 4" or 5" in diameter.
Thought I might be able to get enough out of it for a few handles. Although it does sound like a lot of work to prepare it. I just liked the idea of making a sgian dubh using wood with some history to it.
I think Id be better trying to get a nice piece of timber to use instead
Thanks for your advice though!

[piperdbh]

It might be that you could trade the limb you found to a carver or turner in exchange for an already-dry piece to carve a sgian handle from.

[AKScott]

It might be that you could trade the limb you found to a carver or turner in exchange for an already-dry piece to carve a sgian handle from.

Yup, I was thinking that as I typed above. Seasoning wood is not difficult, but it is time consuming.