Making the sheath for the Sgian Dubh (Picture heavy)

[Mooseman1]

Been following this jojo, really like the care you put into it, good job and a welldone review.
Thanks for the thread.

Moose out

 

[Draven]

That shaping technique is genius! Reckon you could make some nice, tough rawhide pouches that way, might need to give it a go Great looking finished product, too - sheath and sgian

 

[John Fenna]

If you are not happy with it - you can always send it to me...I will think of something to do with it....

 

[JohnC]

Very nice, thanks for the tutorial..

 

[jojo]

If you are not happy with it - you can always send it to me...I will think of something to do with it....

Hummmm...not that unhappy!!

Reckon you could make some nice, tough rawhide pouches that way

Yes, that's on the cards, as I have managed to weatherproof the rawhide without making it look hideous!

 

[Arth]

Might of missed it but what does Sgian mean? I know Dubh means dark. Maybe you should of called it Muc Dubh

 

[jojo]

Quicker to copy & paste than write

It's pronounced skean doo. Sgian means knife, dubh means black. The handles used to be made from bog oak or the like. They were the discrete EDC of the Scot, especially after the '45 uprising and the following sumptory proscriptions.

cheers,
Toddy