You may find that they're already heat treated, if not just then treat the same as carbon steel.

Rab

Quote Originally Posted by MacMullen
Revisiting this thread with another question.

Looking through my Atlanta Cutlery catalog a couple of weeks ago, I noticed that they have Damascus blanks for the Sgian Dubh. Do these need to be heat treated in the same way as the carbon blanks? I assume they do, but I thought I'd ask before I went to a lot of trouble doing it, only to find out that I needn't have bothered.

Also, does anyone have any tips on making the sheath for the blade?