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Skene-occle! whats that? Callum unbuttoned his coat, raised his left arm, and, with an emphatic nod, pointed to the hilt of a small dirk, snugly deposited under it, in the lining of his jacket.
Walter Scott. Waverley or Sixty years since. 1814.

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          (Cold Steel Culloden, Mini Culloden  Brave Heart - 11spn, 11ssn  11sds),       (Cold Steel FGX Skean Dhu 92FSD),   (Cold Steel Caledonian Edge 60ce),    ( SOG Pentagon)  .    ,    ,     ( ),  () ( ),  ( ),      .

    

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-             : sgian dubh, skein dubh, sgian dhub, skene du, skean dhu, skhian dubh   .

 : sgian achlais, skeen-ochles, skeinochil   ,     : armpit dagger  oxter knife.

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