United Kingdom · Bladesmithing; Metal craft; Scottish heritage
Sgian-Dubh — Highland Knife Making
The sgian-dubh (black knife) making tradition — the small single-edged knife worn in the right sock as part of Highland formal dress, whose blade must meet a specific flexibility standard for the dress-wear context (sufficiently rigid to maintain its profile but with a specific flex-and-return character that distinguishes a quality handmade sgian-dubh blade from a cast or stamped alternative). The sgian-dubh maker reads the correct blade temper through a flex-and-return assessment — bending the finished blade slightly and reading the spring-back that indicates correct hardness-and-flexibility balance.
Risk level: Vulnerable · Not listed; Scottish Highland dress tradition on the Scottish national heritage inventory
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