Show us your dirks

**Chas** · 1st August 12, 02:16 PM

Originally Posted by MeghanWalker

Im really sorry, but every time I see this thread in the New Posts section, I think the title says something very different.

I'll show you you my dirk, Meghan, if you show me yours.

Regards

Chas

**Meggers** · 1st August 12, 02:21 PM

Originally Posted by Chas

I'll show you you my dirk, Meghan, if you show me yours.

Regards

Chas

If I had a dirk to show at all, that would pretty frightening.

Cause...you know...it would be REALLY dangerous and sharp. Go big or go home.

**BobsYourUncle** · 1st August 12, 02:39 PM

Originally Posted by MeghanWalker

If I had a dirk to show at all, that would pretty frightening.

Cause...you know...it would be REALLY dangerous and sharp. Go big or go home.

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**MNlad** · 1st August 12, 04:34 PM

While not technically a dirk, I put this Celtic themed dagger and sheath together two years ago. While the blade is not a Scottish profile, the steel is German. I understand Germany was the source of many original sword and dagger blades used by the Scots.

Yeah, I know, I'll get with the program and work on a true dirk this winter to match the sgian dubh I made last winter—Damascas blade and antler handle. I'll post that one in the DYI when I get some decent closeups

**OC Richard** · 1st August 12, 07:24 PM

Originally Posted by Altenberg Bagpiper

Here is another dirk I have. This one is a Piper's dirk of the Cameron Highlanders.

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ahh... lovely! To me that is the "holy grail" of dirks!

**Altenberg Bagpiper** · 2nd August 12, 01:22 PM

Richard, Here is a close-up of the Cameron Highlanders Piper's dirk. It is very nice.

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If you like that one, you'll love this one which is of a similiar lineage. It was the first dirk I ever bought. I think I paid $260 US for it, which I thought was quite a bargain.

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**OC Richard** · 5th August 12, 05:16 AM

Thanks for the Cameron Highlanders dirk photos!

That dirk in situ worn by piper Henry Pegram (listed as a Seaforths piper but the dirk and crossbelt are pure Cameron Highlanders)

and by pipers of The Highlanders. Note that the Pipe Major wears a Gordon Highlanders officers' dirk while the pipers wear Cameron Highlanders dirks

(Actually I've noticed, in photos of The Highlanders' pipe band, that some of the pipers are wearing the old Cameron Highlanders dirks while some are wearing the ordinary MOD bandsmen's dirks.)

Now, about MY dirks, I don't have anything decent any more. I used to have this lovely gilt civilian dirk, wood handles, very nice Celtic knotwork mounts

**Altenberg Bagpiper** · 5th August 12, 05:29 AM

As usual nice pictures Richard. Gaudy is a good word for the look of the Cameron Highlanders dirk. A friend of mine has described them as gnarly, which also fits. Like a lot of things nowdays very few high end dirks are being made. With the cost of labor in the west most people just aren't willing to pay for things that require a great deal of workmanship and time. Like the handful of bagpipe makers who still use traditional methods, their days are numbered.

**Ancienne Alliance** · 5th August 12, 10:06 PM

Here is mine : customized with bone and steel caps.

Best,

Robert

**Altenberg Bagpiper** · 6th August 12, 10:17 AM

Robert,
I do like the look of metal caps on the pommels. This was somewhat common on regimental dirks in the Victorian era. The mounts were then engraved or had regimental devices soldered on.
Jim