Sgian Dubh, Blackwood Handle. It comes with a leather
sheath.
There is little that students of highland dress agree on about
the sgian dubh, even its spelling. It is seen as skein dubh, sgian
dhub, skene du, skean dhu and skhian dubh, and doubtless others.
Phonetically, it is pronounced skein or skeen doo. The meaning,
however, is clear: sgian means knife or dagger, dubh means black.
There is some discussion about the meaning of black in this
connotation. Some feel that black comes from the usual color of the
handle of the little knife, but the great majority feel that it
means secret, or hidden, as in the word blackmail. This is rooted
in one of the prominent theories about the knife's origin.
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