Vintage George V 1928 Edinburgh Silver Sgian Dubh
Vintage George V 1928 Edinburgh Silver Sgian Dubh
Vintage George V 1928 Edinburgh Silver Sgian Dubh
George V 1928 Edinburgh Silver Sgian Dubh made by Thomas Ebbutt, Edinburgh 1928. With a basket weave carved handle and claw-set to the pommel with smoky quartz stone.
The blade is in good used vintage condition with the steel blade with single fuller and scalloped back edge ( please see photographs). The end tip of the scabbard has a slight back dent, but it does not show in your kilt hose and does not distract from the look of the sgian dubh.
Hallmark - Thomas Kerr Ebbutt - Edinburgh 1928
Size approx - 185mm
Thomas Kerr Ebbutt was a Scottish manufacturing jeweller, St David's Square, Edinburgh. Ebbutt started work in 1896 and died in 1921.
His company continued in business until 1977 when it was bought by Hamilton & Inches. H&I continued to use the TE mark until c2000.
Vintage & antique sgian dubh
The Gaelic sgian dubh meaning “black knife”, where “black” may refer to the usual colour of the handle of the knife. It is so suggested that “black” means secret, or hidden, as in the word blackmail. This is based on the stories and theories surrounding the knife’s origin and the meaning of “Dubh” in Gaelic, in particular those associated with the Highland custom of depositing weapons at the entrance to a house prior to entering as a guest. Despite this practice, a small twin edged-dagger, (‘Mattucashlass’), concealed under the armpit, combined with a smaller knife, (‘Sgian dubh’).