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11th June 08, 11:47 AM
#1
An unexpected gift
A while ago I sent some kilt accessories to Casey for his prom, a couple dress sporrans, and a few other things. Today the Bovine sporran that I lent him came back in the mail, inside the sporran was a quite unexpected gift, a handmade sgian dubh. I've got to sat this sgian is the most comfortable I've ever worn, and it is a very handsome day wear piece I will be proud to wear it often. Thank You Casey for the wonderfully thoughtful gift, also be sure to pass my thanks on to your father as well. As well as the Sgian which really is a beauty and has a very usable blade there was a photo of Casey and his date at the prom, thanks for that as well Casey, you both looked absolutely stunning.
I realize a thread like this is useless without pictures so here they are, again thanks Casey it really is a wonderful sgian.
"If the Party could thrust its hand into the past and say this or that even, it never happened—that, surely, was more terrifying than mere torture and death."
- George Orwell, 1984, Book 1, Chapter 3
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11th June 08, 11:54 AM
#2
Every man thinks meanly of himself for not having been a soldier.
~Samuel Johnson
People don't like to be meddled with.
~River Tam
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11th June 08, 12:01 PM
#3
That's slick! It still amazes me how the X-Marks community reaches out to one another.
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11th June 08, 12:31 PM
#4
That is awesome!! I have been putting off getting or wearing a sgina dubh, wanting to have something more modern and practical. That is it. The gears are turning.....
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11th June 08, 12:31 PM
#5
That is a good looking Sgian. Favorite part is the wooden sheath. What a great gift.
I have always tempered my killing with respect for the game pursued. I see the animal not only as a target but as a living creature with more freedom than I will ever have. I take that life if I can, with regret as well as joy, and with the sure knowledge that nature's ways of fang and claw or exposure and starvation are a far crueler fate than I bestow. - Fred Bear
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11th June 08, 12:50 PM
#6
Steve "Jack Daw" McIntyre
"The honour the Sleat carpenter obtained...is still preserved for his decendants." Duncan Ban MacIntyre
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11th June 08, 12:51 PM
#7
A handsome and very functional looking piece
Cheers
Jamie
-See it there, a white plume
Over the battle - A diamond in the ash
Of the ultimate combustion-My panache
Edmond Rostand
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11th June 08, 12:53 PM
#8
Sounds like two pretty nice guys: McMrudo for loaning out his stuff, and Casey for showing great class in returning it with a gift.
Gotta love this place.
Jim Killman
Philosopher, Teacher of English and Math, Soldier of Fortune, Bon Vivant, Heart Transplant Recipient, Knight of St. Andrew (among other knighthoods)
Freedom is not free, but the US Marine Corps will pay most of your share.
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11th June 08, 01:06 PM
#9
Very interesting design - not traditional but certainly functional. Thanks for sharing.
Brian
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11th June 08, 03:00 PM
#10
I am easily moved for sympathy for dogs, far more so than for humans, because dogs do not understand. There is no way to explain that you will return, that the vet will make it all better, that they cannot go shooting today because that is not what today is about. They cannot work out that their misery is finite and will some time end, and so their misery is magnified.
Gerald Hammond
Mad Dogs and Scotsmen
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