Yes with Highland military uniform the dirk is part of the uniform (in certain orders of dress) and is required by regulation or custom; with historical re-enactors the dirk is part of the historical costume and required for period accuracy. With modern traditional civilian Highland dress, which only follows the dictates of fashion (its own internal sense of fashion, but fashion nonetheless) the wearing of a dirk has been out of mainstream fashion for around 100 years. This doesn't make the wearing of a dirk "wrong", just unfashionable.
Last edited by OC Richard; 14th November 13 at 07:36 AM.
Proud Mountaineer from the Highlands of West Virginia; son of the Revolution and Civil War; first Europeans on the Guyandotte
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