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Traditional Sgian Dubhs The Sgian Dubh is the small ornamental knife traditionally worn in the top of the stocking by the Highlander. The flat edge is normally worn in the right stocking by right-handed people. The name is Gaelic - the word sgian means knife or dagger and dubh means black, referring to the colour of the handle, which was made from black hardwood. Various spellings of the word are recorded in different books including skean, skian and skein. The word dubh can also be spelt dhu. The majority of our models are made with top quality pewter mounts and stainless steel blades. Pewter is an alloy of tin with copper and antimony. It has been used since the Middle Ages to produce drinking vessels, tableware, quaichs, flasks and decorative mounts of knives. The pewter used on our Sgian Dubhs is lead free and is either highly polished or plated with palladium, silver or copper which gives a variety of different appearances. We also offer a small range of silver mounted models. The majority of the models are boxed in quality cardboard presentation boxes unless otherwise stated. The more expensive versions are boxed in rigid presentation boxes.
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