"Knife Called Sgian Dubh - Scotland - 20th Century"
KNIFE known as Sgian DubhScotland
20th century
Steel, silver, wood, leather, glass
Total length: 15.8 cm; Blade length: 7 cm
Straight steel blade with one cutting edge shaped on the off-cut edge, throat.
Chiselled silver ferrule.
Blackened wooden tang carved with a criss-cross pattern.
Oval yellow glass pommel, chiselled silver cap.
Wooden scabbard covered in black leather, decorated with a coin.
Chased silver chape and bolster.
In Scottish Gaelic, the term ‘sgian dubh’ means ‘small knife’. It is one of the attributes of the officers of the Gordon Highlanders.
Ref.: 5447
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