second sgain dubh--a commission

[DWFII]

I had so much good response to my posting of my very first sgain dubh (with zero experience making knives) and among those responses was a member who asked me to make him one just like the first one.

Well, I can't do anything exactly the same twice in a row--it's a matter of principle. But this is pretty close.

I started with a damascus blade provided by the customer and added a lignum vitae handle with a pewter bolster and a amboyna burl pommel. I inlaid the medallion into the handle just a wee bit.

The sheath is constructed around a zinc shell and is made of "dinosaur skin" (ostrich leg).

I don't really have any intention of making these commercially (I've got enough on my plate with boots and shoes) but, as so often happens with first time projects, I felt that I had gotten lucky in several places and wanted to work out some of the kinks in the technique.

All in all it was a worthwhile experience and I learned some things and developed some new techniques.