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    I find it kinda funny because I did the tattoo once with the South African police Zulu dancers and they had 7 foot spears....times they are a changing....

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    Quote Originally Posted by 48HofC View Post
    I find it kinda funny because I did the tattoo once with the South African police Zulu dancers and they had 7 foot spears....times they are a changing....
    When you see the troops marching down the royal mile with fixed bayonets, and they have to have a private security guard at the front and back of each section you realise how much things have changed!!!
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    Well I just looked at some photos of the 2016 Tattoo and there was a sgian in every sock, and dozens of swords and dirks too.
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    Quote Originally Posted by OC Richard View Post
    Well I just looked at some photos of the 2016 Tattoo and there was a sgian in every sock, and dozens of swords and dirks too.

    Well, Richard

    That is just so 2016...

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    Typical Scottish rules..

    This happens a lot now, can't seem to wear one to any organised event without some major hoop jumping.

    This is why I end up making more sgian brews as I do sgian dubhs.... people just don't want the hassle of being questioned on the spot.

    If you need something for the tattoo I might be able to help out.

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    I no longer wear a sgian dubh so it's not an issue and whist I get it, it does seem like a further cultural diminuition by the overly cautious. I've just walked up to the NMS from Princes Street and must have seen at least a dozen people kilted and wearing a sgian dubh, including several on the Royal Mile.

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    Quote Originally Posted by figheadair View Post
    I no longer wear a sgian dubh so it's not an issue and whist I get it, it does seem like a further cultural diminuition by the overly cautious.
    Yes I feel the same way.

    I rarely wear one both because it's an unnecessary extra do-dad and because half the venues I'll be piping at have "zero tolerance" policies. Why expose myself to potential problems?

    Yet back in the day before all these "zero tolerance" policies I would wear a sgian and when performing for school children it was always one of the main things the kids noticed, commented on, and asked questions about.

    Our society seems determined to adopt politically-correct blandness.
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