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4th October 2016, 06:23 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: Black Forest, Germany
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Scottish Skean Dhu
This morning the postman brought me a small package the content of which was very welcome: A Scottish Scean Dhu with a very sharp blade. Grip is ebony and the crown with a orange jewel (?) on top and the other mountings are made of silver. Total length is 205mm, blade is 97mm. Comments are invited.
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4th October 2016, 07:00 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Louisiana
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Beautiful piece!
The orange jewel is called a cairngorm. I'm not sure of the origin of the word, probably old Scottish. I believe it is topaz or sometime smoky quartz if it's a more brownish color. |
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4th October 2016, 07:41 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Room 101, Glos. UK
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nice old sgian duhb (black knife), the cairngorm stone comes from : wait for it....
the cairngorm mountains area of scotland. some traditional stones: cairngorm ones vary from a clear-ish yellow-brown to smokey quartz. there are other variants, gemstones, glass, crystals, plastic... |
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4th October 2016, 11:55 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Louisville, KY
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Nice late 19th - early 20th century piece. It is in the same style as the Gordon Highlanders' Regiment.
The stone may also be glass - very common in these. |
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5th October 2016, 01:03 AM
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Location: Germany, Dortmund
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But of course it could be very well glass, to be sure I would show it to a jeweler. |
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5th October 2016, 07:26 AM
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Location: Black Forest, Germany
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Thanks for the many comments. To make sure I'll show the skean dhu to a jeweller. Very interesting is that this piece might be from a member of the Gordon Highlanders.
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