Lion and Castle Sgian Dubh

In Gaelic, sgian means knife or dagger, dubh means black. Many historians feel that the term black means secret, or hidden, as in the word blackmail. Sgian dubhs seem to have first began to be worn full-time in the stocking top in the early to mid 1800's when the accepted courtesy of the day demanded that, when entering the home of a friend, no weapons could remain concealed. It seems that a sgian dubh would be removed from it's hiding place, a hole in the jacket or the infamous armpit daggers of the Scots, and then placed in the stocking top of the gentleman's kilt hose as a convenient place to display it.
Our Sgian Dubhs are imported from Scotland directly from the Sgian Dubh Company. This one is fashioned with with a Saltire ( Saint Andrew's Cross) and a Lion Rampant in the hilt that is formed to look like the tower of a great Scottish castle. Most items are in stock, but please allow 2-4 weeks for items not in inventory.