Hmmm...

From someone who imports and sells sgians dubh, I may be able to offer some perspective.

First of all, having them come dull like that has nothing to do with them being manufactured in Great Britian. I get sgian dubhs in all the time direct from the manufacturer in Scotland and they do have edges on them. That's not an issue.

Ron, the blade on yours actually sounds a lot like the blades my company puts on their children's sgian dubs. It's almost like an old butter knife. How large is your sgian dubh? If it seems smaller than it ought to be, maybe she bought you a child's model by mistake?

I'm wondering if the sgian dubh wasn't made by Charles Buyers. They are the manufacturer of the sgians we sell, and their packaging includes the phrase "the Sgian Dubh company," but that's not actually their company name. The way you describe it doesn't sound like any model that they make, though. Not that I am aware of anyway, and I'm pretty sure I've got their whole line.

Aye,
Matt