Antique Finish Plain Top Celtic Sgian Dubh

Description By Art Pewter Approximately 7″ Never has one piece of weaponry evoked so many different spellings – some variations are Skene du, Skein dubh, skean dhu, sgian dubh and Skhian dubh. Phonetically it is pronounced scheeeian doo and everyone has a favourite spelling. The most commonly used, however, is Sgian Dubh. The meaning however is clear: Sgian means knife or dagger or blade and “dubh” means black.