Cold Steel Nightshade FGX Skean Dhu

[RazdrazChelloveck]

I've passed through a high tech metal detector with a fgx push blade, so yeah it's safe.

[tnhl77]

you live in atlanta?

[ERF420]

THey never got banned.

[faraon001]

I got the Bravehart which is the steel version of this and its damn sharp!

[catatonicnutz]

The history or a Skean Dhu was an act of courtesy. It used to be common manners when entering a home to reveal any weaponry you may be carrying. The Skean Dhu was originally an under-arm knife, kept in the armpit. However, people would commonly stick them in their sock before entering someone's home as a way of extending proper manners and disclosing that they were carrying. It became such a common image that it stuck that way. "Black" was also a euphemism for concealed...thus the name.

[PeanutWing]

If you go to yourcornerstore you can get all of these except for the karambit

[bobjoemagee]

lol u can't take it on a plane anymore. theyre using those body scanners now...

[audiocable]

i have this, i took it on an airplane hahahahahaahah just to see if it worked, u gotta take the metal ring that comes on it OFF or it will set of alarms

[vahn94]

it can go through a metal detector, i tested it with my metal detector when i got my karambit

[woolywords]

Not Scottish, or Scots, (whatever Kyle...), I'm the hated the Sassenacht! (Gaelic word, for Saxon).

You say it as, phonetically, skay an doo.

Sgean dhu, is the same thing

Invented, before the fork, this little knife, was the carried, in the sock, by every Highlander, since year dot. (It's older than some hills!)

The best sock knife ever, according to legend, has been forged in iron, heated to cherry red, then pushed into an Englishmans neck, to temper it.

Ceramic, is nice but I'm biased.

[tommym37]

bad review. you just talked about another review on the knife you got, and started to praise cold steel and the knife store you got it from. didnt really about the knife itself

[sanger478]

As already said this knife is derived from the Scottish "Black Knife" which is pronounced Skee(an)Doo and Spelled - SGIAN DUBH(google it if you dont believe me) which is part of tradition scottish KILT attire for formal occassions and yes it is worn in the sock or "Hose"

Skean dhu and Skene dhu are alternative English spelling

[RottSimba]

do you really think Cold Steel nightshade series will be discontinued.

[Stratocaster05]

I don't think they're going out of production. You can still buy them on the website.

[spamerman]

lol, adult toy store, so true.

The blade is made of grivory, the handle is made of kraton. some ppl have that ass backwords. Its 2010 and they still make them, but maybe thats why they come with a metal key ring now cause they WILL go threw a metal detecter.

[mrCrispy725]

I just got my delta dart, the metal key ring is easy to remove.

[agentspaz13]

'Sken Doo'

[TheAaronGreen]

Im thinking of getting a urban dart or a boot blade.....I haven't decided yet.

[0bsidianos]

me to. Have you bought it?

[Mettyism]

i ordered my tanto and skean dhu nightshade series knives today. cant wait.

[spinkicker37]

its pronounced skeen doo. most of the time it is spelled sgian dubh, and that is the scottish pronounciation.

[armyqpzm]

all cold steel would have to is put some matel inside the knife to make the arames go off

[aleinlegs]

so wont they break mad easy if they are plastic?

[ColdDeath1332]

lmfao their made of kraton... shit wont break

[shinigami136]

I already have. With this video, he convinced me to buy this knife, and I'm pretty happy with it. so, thank you chrispy990, and I do apologize.

[chushinryoku]

hahaha I tested it with this exact version of the knife, no problems with metal detectors at all. I told one of the security people beforehand and he laughed and gave me the ok because the knives are such crap that they really aren't that dangerous

[schulleee]

so that actually mean that these plastic knifes are considered to be a total ? :D ... i mean it wouldn´t wonder me too much if they really were lol

[m415mike]

I don't know about the others, but I just got the Karambit and honestly, it's more than capable of killing someone.

[kirbyboy75]

it is sKEEN doo that that is how it is pronounced

[420WeedAk47]

i got the oss

[34601k]

these are NOT going out of production. if they were, they wouldn't be restocking the karambit when i tried to buy it o cold steel's site.

[kagen0tenshi]

cool

i have the brave heart

[UJS8X]

it's pronounced "skeen doo" which means "black knife" in Gaelic. Sorry if I'm being a bit of a smart arse. Looks like a very nice knife, I've been thinking about buying one as a boot knife.

[Tigermano]

Hey, nice review! I just bought one today. And I really like Atlanta Cutlery. Good stuff, especially the sgian dubh blades. And it's bronounced skeen doo, spelt sgian dubh, sgian dub, sgian duh, skian dubh, and other spellings.

[Gosen3]

It's not uncommon for these Nightshades to have a weak tip. I've got the fgx push-blade 2 that I drove into a water bottle, which didn't pierce, but instead sent the bottle across the room and bent the tip slightly. I wound up sharpening the tip with a sharpening stone. (I'll send you a picture if you want to see it.) I'm sure that it'll easily go through flesh, but it was disappointing to say the least.

[jollyrogerfan]

its skin-do i know how its spelt but thats how u say it. it a scotish "sock knife" ment for serimonial use usaly worn with dirk ( long dagger pippers were)

[chrispy990]

thanks man...I thought it would be an oriental word...I never put it together that it could be scottish...thanks for the clarification

[Bohica173]

I'd really like to pick a couple up just in case they go out of production. From Cold Steel's website...

"It was called the Skean Dhu (which means "Black Knife" in Gaelic, the ancient language of the British Isles)."

I had no idea it was Scottish, I thought it would be Asian. Nice informative review, keep it up.

[chrispy990]

thanks for the info man....and yeah...I thought it was asain too, but gaelic is cool

[ElijahMFearon]

@Bohica173 ya it was carried in there socks (in its sheath of course)

[Jack70903]

@jollyrogerfan and a claymore

[pillemannen]

why banned???

[chrispy990]

I don't have any hard fact on this...it's just what I heard from a vendor...but supposedly, one could walk through a metal detector with a nightshade knife taped to one's leg and not set any alarms off...so, hypothetically, one could take a nightshade knife to the airport and get on a plane with it, and after that...use your imagination...seems to me like reason enough for them to be banned....I've checked cold steel's site and they don't say anything about a ban.......so I'm just speculating...

[likes2snipe]

They might start putting metal inside, thats what i have heard.

[kenshinbattousai374]

@chrispy990 lies, they have to have metal in them.

[RazdrazChelloveck]

@kenshinbattousai374 nope, i've gone through a high tech metal detector with the fgx push blade

[RazdrazChelloveck]

@chrispy990 the new screeners they use at airports now aren't just metal detectors, they put out an imprint of your body and can see pretty much anything you're wearing

[ja2595]

@pillemannen they're aren't banned. i just recently got into cold steel products, mostly because i'm a fan of ka-bar, and i received a magazine in the mail for fall 2010; all of the night shade series knives are in it.

[pillemannen]

how do you know that they will bee banned???