Sgian Dubh knife with Damascus steel blade and leather sheath

Details:
- Total length: approx. 19.5 cm
- Blade length: approx. 10 cm
- Includes matching leather sheath

- The blade is made of 512-layer Damascus steel.

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Sgian Dubh is a small hand-forged Scottish knife with a decorated ebony handle. This traditional Scottish knife, also called a "stocking dagger", is worn in the right stocking so that only the upper part of the handle is visible. It was originally used for ceremonial purposes. Since the 18th century, the Sgian Dubh has been part of the basic equipment of every Highland Scot. The name comes from Gaelic and means "black". It is unclear whether this only refers to the color of the handle, which was in fact predominantly black, or whether it derives from the additional meaning "hidden" or "concealed".

The term Damascus steel , Damascus steel or simply Damascus refers to a composite steel made from two or more different types of steel. The name is derived from the Syrian city of Damascus, which was once the stronghold and origin of Damascus steel production. As a rule, a hard, high-carbon steel and a soft, low-carbon steel are brought together by repeated fire welding and folding. The high-carbon steel ensures greater hardness, better hardenability and longer edge retention, while the softer steel gives the blade greater elasticity and greater breaking strength. This technique, which was developed at a time of poor and changing steel qualities, can therefore combine the positive properties of the different steels. Due to the different colors with varying carbon content, impressive patterns of the alternating layers are created, for example twisted, as so-called torsion damask or rose damask . Not least because of these patterns, the Damascus blades of the Middle Ages were said to have an inherent magic. The Edda describes such a Damascus sword blade as a bloody worm, a poisonous snake.

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