Sporran, Sgian Dubh, and sheath set finished!

[Dreadhead]

Last night i finally finished the sheath for a 3 part commission. The customer wanted a sporran, sgian dubh, and sheath made. the sporran and sheath were to have thistles on them and have laced edges. my girlfriend Water Gypsy made the sgian dubh.

more pictures and info on the sporran is HERE
more pictures and info on the sgian dubh is HERE

some pictures i took of the set this morning whilst frosty. i will take some more later when the sun comes out

It was a tricky one getting this all done in time for the deadline and had other problems like running out of lace and dye. just managed to get the lace to stretch and managed to use a different dye for the sheath and match them as closely as possible to the sporran the only problem is the water based dye didnt work so well with the small thistle design. which again i had to make very small which was difficult. it appears the knife sticks out by 1mm of the sheath. this is because the tip of the knife needs ground down a little as the customer wanted a blunt blade so it will fit snug when its bluntened a bit more. im on the fence about these but hey ho you live and learn im just glad its over!

thanks for looking

 

[Hugo]

Lovely work as always Hamish.

 

[Corfe]

That really is great stuff. Blunting a blade - brrr - goes against the grain.

 

[Toadflax]

Bòidheach!

A lovely matching set. I'm sure the recipient will be delighted. Well done to both of you.


Geoff

 

[monkey boy]

Very nice work, that must have taken you some time to do mate, a really good job

 

[cowboy]

Wow dude, these are crazy good! I love the braiding!!

 

[Dreadhead]

thanks guys really appreciate it. doesnt look like the sun wants to come out and help me take better photos