Safety or bladed

[Father Bill]

I'd love to see pix of these as they progress, Q. (Than-Q!)

[The Q]

I'd have to emphasise slowly!! I have too many hobbies!!

[freep]

Long ago I worked as an armed security guard. In the course of working a crowd control job one of the other guards, a new guy, asked me if I carried my pistol loaded. I was taken aback by the question. I told him I always carried it loaded because someone else with a gun and grudge might think I was serious about the whole thing.

I would suggest the same applies to any tool you carry around. Anything that might be perceived as a weapon should be able to function as such. The notion of a plastic bladed or non-bladed sgian to smacks of costume and that's not why I came. Real deal or nothing for me.

[Elf]

Thank you all for a very thoughtful thread. I have a couple knives but rarely use them in my hose. I am even less likely to wear an ornamental skein for formal affairs since I hope there will be dancing. I do not want either a blade or a substitute in my hose during such activity, although I have never actually had an incident when it disloged. A (sharp, useful) folding knife in the sporran is more appealing, as mentioned by azwildcat96. Just my two cents. I know many successfully carry.

[tripod]

I have carried a knife since I was a child, my school allowed sheath knives. A strange concept in this day where all knives are considered weapons not tools. It did allow me to realise that there are no dangerous weapons, just dangerous people.
I carry a Boker/Magnum sgian dubh supported by my brace, it's kept sharp and been used a few times. It's a tool.

[The Q]

I have carried a knife since I was a child, my school allowed sheath knives. A strange concept in this day where all knives are considered weapons not tools. It did allow me to realise that there are no dangerous weapons, just dangerous people.
I carry a Boker/Magnum sgian dubh supported by my brace, it's kept sharp and been used a few times. It's a tool.

Me too, as a Cub / Scout we encouraged to carry a sheath knife, and at school we all had some sort of pocket knife.

[Downunder Kilt]

I have carried a knife since I was a child, my school allowed sheath knives. A strange concept in this day where all knives are considered weapons not tools. It did allow me to realise that there are no dangerous weapons, just dangerous people.
I carry a Boker/Magnum sgian dubh supported by my brace, it's kept sharp and been used a few times. It's a tool.

Just wondering when the sgian dubh became a dagger, Would greatly appreciate any historical details that shows it was twin bladed rather than a single bladed knife, Cheers

[Cygnus]

If I had the skill to make one, I'd create a sock adornment with a socket on one end and a hollow "pommel" in which to keep various screwdriver bits.

I usually find I need a screwdriver more often than I need a knife...

The thing that I most often need but don't have, however, is a pen - but I'm not sure I'm willing to keep something full of ink in my expensive kilt hose!

[tripod]

Just wondering when the sgian dubh became a dagger, Would greatly appreciate any historical details that shows it was twin bladed rather than a single bladed knife, Cheers

The Magnum sgian dubh is a single edge. The blade is 4mm thick at it's widest. What appears to be a back edge is just a cut out (Sorry if wrong terminology) It tapers from about 2mm to 1mm on the back. The only problem I had with it is the sheath, so I made one for just the blade


There were a couple of pics but....