1846 Dirk

[Turnberry1]

Hello to everyone.

I seem to remember a post in the past about a set of pistols that were presented as a prize at the Northern Meeting, Inverness. Someone kindly provided some very interesting background on this item.

I recently acquired a dirk that was presented to Donald Cameron in 1846 for the best preformance of strathspeys at the Northern Meeting. The dirk is dated 28th August 1846. I wondered if anyone could give me any information on the dirk or the prize winner?

I had a look in the College of Piping web site and noticed a similar dirk in the museum.

Thanks

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

Hello to everyone.

I seem to remember a post in the past about a set of pistols that were presented as a prize at the Northern Meeting, Inverness. Someone kindly provided some very interesting background on this item.

I recently acquired a dirk that was presented to Donald Cameron in 1846 for the best preformance of strathspeys at the Northern Meeting. The dirk is dated 28th August 1846. I wondered if anyone could give me any information on the dirk or the prize winner?

I had a look in the College of Piping web site and noticed a similar dirk in the museum.

Thanks

It is virtually impossible to make any meaningful comment without a full set of photos.

[castledangerous]

Donald Cameron, King of Pipers

[CMcG]

I can't help with any info but I'd love to see some pics of this dirk!

[Turnberry1]

Thanks for the interest in the dirk.
I'll get some photos sorted out and post them tomorrow.

Thanks

[NorCalPiper]

A fellow piper here in Sacramento received a 19th century dirk that had 25 kt. worth of topaz on it (Has the knife and fork) and was appraised close to 6k! good find....

[Dram]

Still interested in seeing some photos.