Quote Originally Posted by GlassMan
Ham, have you ever seen the sgian dubhs that have additional tools hidden in the handle? Avance highland and some others sell them and claim that they were modelled after an officer's sgian dubh from the Crimean War. I've not been able to find any corroborating evidence on that fact. Your thoughts?
Glassman, I've searched and searched for any documenting evidence about this particular style of sgain dubh, and I can't find any evidence for it. It could very well be true, but I do reside in Missouri, so you'll have to "Show-Me" before I totally believe it.

It certainly wasn't in the Crimean War, though. My theory is that if it was based on the Swiss Army Knife, which was first issued to the Swiss in the 1890's, then it couldn't have been issued in the Crimea, since that was 40 years before! The South African (Boer) War or even the First World War, possibly.

Cheers,

Todd