Skean dhu (Sgian dubh), looking for one

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manowar669

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I saw some cheap on ebay with J2 stainless blades. What is J2?
There is a custom maker here who make a modern skean dhu, but it's a bit big. I would really like to get a CS mini-culloden, but they're discontinued. Keepin my eye open for one.
Any ideas?
 
Cold Steel Braveheart, Cold Steel skean dhu (discontinued). Koyote, a maker on here, had one available in the custom makers for sale section.
 
J2 is 420J2 which most of us consider a good structural steel, not a blade steel. Tough and stainless, it makes a good wallhanger, not a user.

Ask on the Himalayan Imports forum here about a Rusty Skean Dhu. Fairly authentic, not too big, named for Rusty Slate, one of the great members of the HI forum. I have two of them myself.

Koyote makes a beautiful Skean Dhu and he is a custom maker: he can make one in your preferred size. You might look at his Zog Nit, similar to a skean dhu, but smaller.
 
Cold Steel Culloden: what a ridiculous battle to name a knife after.

A definitive example of why-not-to-bring-a-knife-to-a-gun-fight, and these fools at Cold Steel decide to name a scottish-influenced knife after it. I would take it for a joke, but I'm not sure Cold Steel's marketing department is bright enough to understand the punchline.

My advice: Don't buy a knife named after a catasrophic defeat. Least of all a Cold Steel knife named after the same.
 
The excellent french cutlery Perceval make, next to their suave folders like the Le Français and the L10 - both of which I have, such a knife.
I've not yet seen it in real life, but anyway my experience with Perceval is very positive. Except for a few damascus variants these use 12C27 which in my opinion is perfectly ok.
HERE is the link and below are a few pictures:

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Kris Cutlery makes a good quality sgian dubh for a fairly decent price.
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Rab Gordon makes beautiful and functional sgian dubhs that are more traditional but far from just the jewelry that a lot of other fancy sgian dubhs are. They aren't cheap but they are reasonable for what you get.
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Dorito Monk said:
Cold Steel Culloden: what a ridiculous battle to name a knife after.

A definitive example of why-not-to-bring-a-knife-to-a-gun-fight, and these fools at Cold Steel decide to name a scottish-influenced knife after it. I would take it for a joke, but I'm not sure Cold Steel's marketing department is bright enough to understand the punchline.

My advice: Don't buy a knife named after a catasrophic defeat. Least of all a Cold Steel knife named after the same.
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The Scots and the Irish seem to celebrate catastophic defeat. Some sort of blend of altruism/martyrdom. The French seem to share this trait. Especially the Foreign legion.
 
Rab Gordon makes beautiful and functional sgian dubhs that are more traditional but far from just the jewelry that a lot of other fancy sgian dubhs are. They aren't cheap but they are reasonable for what you get.
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He has some very nice examples. "Real world" functional, affordable knives. I couldn't agree more. :thumbup:
 
manowar669 said:
The Scots and the Irish seem to celebrate catastophic defeat. Some sort of blend of altruism/martyrdom. The French seem to share this trait. Especially the Foreign legion.
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Heh. Yeah, Culloden is a funny thing to commemorate. But truth is, martyrdom battles/lost wars have a long history of being commemorated in just about every culture. It's not unusual to see a Confederate flag on somebody's truck even here in southern California. All it takes is for someone to see some kind of nobility in the attempt/cause.
 
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