sgian-dubh old use , auch: skean-dhu , auch: skene-dhu

The sgian-dubh is normally worn on the same side as the dominant hand.

The reply came swift and sharp as a sgian-dubh in the ribs.

Airport security rules now require travellers to put their sgian-dubh in checked baggage.

The sgian-dubh can be seen in portraits of kilted men of the mid-19th century.

However, the wearing of the sgian-dubh is sometimes banned in areas with zero tolerance weapons policies or heightened security concerns.

The name comes from the Gaelic sgian-dubh.

When the flag party tries to arrest him, he commits suicide, stabbing himself with a Sgian-dubh.

The sgian-dubh may have evolved from the sgian-achlais, a dagger that could be concealed under the armpit.

The sgian-dubh also resembles the small skinning knife that is part of the typical set of hunting knives.

The black dagger (sgian-dubh) was usually carried in a place of concealment very often under his armpit (or oxter).

While this makes for more popular and expensive knives, the sheath is hidden from view in the stocking while the sgian-dubh is worn.

A Sikh with a kirpan is no more threatening to public safety than a Scotsman with a sgian-dubh.

It is a traditionally favoured wood for the carving of dirks (bìodagan) and sgian-dubh in the Scottish Highlands due to its natural colour.

A similar sgian-dubh is in the collection of The National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland.

When worn as part of the national costume of Scotland, the sgian-dubh is legal in Scotland, England and Wales.

A small knife called a sgian-dubh is often worn tucked into the top of the kilt hose which is commonly worn with the kilt.

It is said that a younger son of the Robertson chief of Straun saved the life of the king by killing a savage wolf with nothing but his Sgian-dubh.

Alan exchanged his hill running shorts - he is a Scottish hill-running international - for his kilt, sporran and sgian-dubh, the traditional knife a Scotsman wears in his sock.

Since the modern sgian-dubh is worn mainly as a ceremonial item of dress and is usually not employed for cutting food or self-defence, blades are often of a simple (but not unglamorous) construction.

Used by the Scots of the 17th and 18th centuries, this knife was slightly larger than the average modern sgian-dubh and was carried in the upper sleeve or lining of the body of the jacket.

Despite this practice, a small twin edged-dagger, (a mattucashlass, Gaelic sgian-achlais), concealed under the armpit, combined with a smaller knife, ('sgian-dubh'), concealed in the hose or boot, would offer an element of defence or of surprise if employed in attack.

Although the primary meaning of dubh is "black", the secondary meaning of "hidden" is at the root of sgian-dubh, based on the stories and theories surrounding the knife's origin, in particular those associated with the Highland custom of depositing weapons at the entrance to a house prior to entering as a guest.