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The sgian dubh we see today is a mixture of history, myth and misinterpretation. Sgian in Gaelic means knife, the dubh part means black. Thus you get black knife. The black refers to the fact it was a hidden knife or a concealed weapon.

Today we see extremely ornate handles, scabbards covered in silver, pewter or gold. Check close as the handle may be plain old plastic. The blades have no edge, some I have seen lately would not spread butter as they are stamped, blunt pointed, blunt edged metal and you can’t be sure what the metal is. Why the ornate scabbards? Once you tuck it into the hose top you can’t see any of it but the hilt or handle.

Description
The sgian dubh we see today is a mixture of history, myth and misinterpretation. Sgian in Gaelic means knife, the dubh part means black. Thus you get black knife. The black refers to the fact it was a hidden knife or a concealed weapon.

Today we see extremely ornate handles, scabbards covered in silver, pewter or gold. Check close as the handle may be plain old plastic. The blades have no edge, some I have seen lately would not spread butter as they are stamped, blunt pointed, blunt edged metal and you can’t be sure what the metal is. Why the ornate scabbards? Once you tuck it into the hose top you can’t see any of it but the hilt or handle.