Multiple sgian dubhs

[Michael A]

Well, we do. Unlike English, most languages put the adjective after the noun, Gaelic included. So even though you're tacking an English adjective onto it, sgain brew more or less means "brew knife"...which sounds like something Koko the gorilla would come up with if she didn't know a sign for "bottle opener".

And I too go with the sgain brew on the rare occasion I dress up; I suspect NSW's knife laws are not unlike New Jersey's.

I was referring to people calling them "dubhs" for short.

[Dollander]

I was referring to people calling them "dubhs" for short.

Ah, okay, my mistake.

[Coleman January]

Whatever I wear, however I dress, I always have some sort of knife with me. Jeans = pocket knife with clip on it. Duty (police) uniform = assisted open with window punch to break windows and cut seat belts at car crashes. Suit and tie = My key chain has a victorinox single blade, scissors and file. Kilt = sgian dubh in the hose.

A knife is a tool, and the only time I carry a second one is if it's very job specific (box cutter, drywall blade, bayonet, foil cutter attached to a wine cork screw, et cetera).

Currently, I only have one sgian dubh. A simple, plain wood handle from Sheffield, that I keep tucked in low and mostly out of sight (maybe 1-2 inches visible). Decorative or not, it's still a knife. I'm sure I'll add fancier dress ones as time goes by, but I'll only carry/wear one. If I were in your conundrum (and it's sounding like a good conundrum), I'd increase the time wearing the sgian dubhs singly by wearing a kilt more often.

Patrick