Suitable for a camping sgian dubh?

**Geoff Withnell** · 16th April 13, 07:32 AM

What you need is called an officer's sgian. Look at this thread:

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f...in-dubh-71982/

**TheOfficialBren** · 16th April 13, 08:08 AM

Excellent! Thanks, Geoff!

Please understand, I normally do not wear a sgian out of choice. I also know that plenty of kilties do not wear one.

**Spartan Tartan** · 16th April 13, 11:53 AM

OB,
I sort of gathered that... I am among those that do not normally wear one either. If I need one, while kilted, I usually stick it in my sporran. Since I don't wear a sgian regularly, it is not "natural" to me to reach into my sock for a knife. Whereas it is very natural to reach into my sporran or some other back I have with me for a knife.

Next time I'm in LA, we'll have to get together and hash this problem out over a couple drinks;-) I'll even wear my sgian BREW that get used for celebratory events...

**MNlad** · 16th April 13, 01:34 PM

But, if you put in in your hose, the disaster begins. You take five paces and it slides down till it jams between your ankle bone and your shoe. The next pace trips you up and you spend the rest of the night hobbling round saying "Yes, Mr Dillon".

*** entirely. That knife belongs in your pocket (depending on the kind of kilt) or sporran.

If you still like the idea of a folder serving in the place of a sgian dubh in your hose, get one with a retention clip.

**Dale Seago** · 16th April 13, 01:37 PM

I'm with the others who simply wouldn't carry a folder in my stocking. The shorter (folded) length makes it practical to carry in my sporran, so that's where it would go.

**TheOfficialBren** · 16th April 13, 08:04 PM

Nice Steve, thanks for sharing.

**Urbane Guerrilla** · 17th April 13, 07:59 PM

https://www.allaboutpocketknives.com...=30561&start=0

What a Forest Master pocketknife looks like new, and something about who made it.

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And what appears to be your exact model, with the reamer opened.

Yours has seen a lot of sharpening and the edge of its knife blade has gotten very bellied -- sharpening it on bench stones would have treated it better -- as well as making it possible at all to sharpen with a bench stone!

They're right -- either hang it by a lanyard or let it live in your sporran. Maybe ring it to your keys. From the prices I saw googling on it, you've a user, not a collector.

**TheOfficialBren** · 20th April 13, 11:13 AM

First off, thank you for moving my thread to its appropriate subforum.

Secondly, UG, I found this knife in a drawer in some antique furnature in my home. I know nothing about them but I get the impression that they are a well-known knife.

I think the rabble's advice is sound. A sporran knife it shall be, although I almost never carry a knife.

**Pipersson** · 16th April 13, 02:16 PM

Hi Everyone,

I often saw a so called Officer's Sgian Dubh which is sharpened and has some helpful tools added.
Might be the right choice for hiking or camping.
It has a nice stag handle and an emblem - thistle or lion or clan badge on it.
I saw them for about 80.- € in Germany and they might be available in the US too.

Greetings to you all,

Tom

**Dale Seago** · 16th April 13, 02:22 PM

Originally Posted by Pipersson

Hi Everyone,

I often saw a so called Officer's Sgian Dubh which is sharpened and has some helpful tools added.
Might be the right choice for hiking or camping.
It has a nice stag handle and an emblem - thistle or lion or clan badge on it.
I saw them for about 80.- € in Germany and they might be available in the US too.

Greetings to you all,

Tom

That's what Geoff Withnell was talking about, above, though with a wood handle rather than stag (which I've never seen for the "multitool" version). The thread he linked is for one made with a xmarksthescot.com crest on it, which is the one I have.