This blade started out as a dirk I was making for a friend who then decided to go a different route. I wasn't sure what to do with it until I saw an Arms and Armor skeane (based on a specimen from the Irish National Museum).. or Irish fighting knife. This blade is a little short for those.. but the shape is in the ball park. I recently decided to finish this when I gave up on a bog oak grip that I was making for a Viking sword. The size and shape ended up being perfect for use on this skeane so I went with it. The shape is a little more typical for Scottish dirks and sgian dubhs... so I might consider this knife to be a Scottish dirk/Skeane hybrid. It is 17" over all in length and the spine is 5/16" thick. This is a strong blade. It is of laminated steel construction with 19th century wrought iron, pure nickel and W2. The sheath is based on various photos I've seen used for the skeane.

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This knife is currently available. Please see the available work section on my website: http://bigrockforge.com/category/available/

I just stumbled on this and I just wanted to bring it back to surface. It's a simple but at the same time very detailed and beautiful knife, and it looks very handy too... I see it is sold, lucky owner, whoever that is...

The blade is porn! The whole thing is really nice!

Thanks for excavating this Luka! I really liked this knife... very powerful in the hand.