Quote Originally Posted by Dram View Post
Thanks. I would prefer it to be civilian as I have no military affiliation and wouldn't wish to offend anyone. Another sgian that I really like that IS military is the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. The engraving on those sgians is really very attractive.

What really attracted me to this sgian was the carving of the handle, I've not seen one like this before (similar but not as ornate). I do hope it is blackwood rather than ebony as blackwood is much more durable and longer lasting than ebony. The hand engraving is very nice too.
Very few sgian dubhs are actually carved from African Blackwood or ebony. Most are carved from linden, or similar easily carved woods, and then stained black.