The whole nine yards.

[Bob C]

Bob,

I look forward to some pictures from the dinner. Please, spare the other guests undue alarm, and leave your dirk in it's sheath if you must bring it.

Cheers

If you look at the date of my post that started this thread, P, you'll see I posted it a year ago. Freddie seems to have dredged up an oldie.

As luck would have it, the event to which I referred is annual, and I'll be doing it again in a couple of weeks.

Here are a few shots from last year:

I was the master of ceremonies for the banquet. You can see the dirk hanging from my belt.


Real men cut their food with dirks:


Me and my bride. Not a particularly good picture of either of us. SHE, at least, is much better looking in real life. Woodsheal can testify. He has met her:


I also used the dirk to open champagne bottles, but I don't have any pictures of that. Here's the dirk, itself, in a pic from the catalog:

[Panache]

Well Bob you looked smashing.

...I also used the dirk to open champagne bottles, but I don't have any pictures of that...

Now that would be a great use for a dirk! And a heck of a picture.

Cheers

[Warlock]

In the highlands of Scotland when you were invited to stay for supper or attend a banquet at a castle or home, it was considered good manners to bring your own service with you. {knife and fork}. This is why dress dirks were furnished with a knife and fork designed for eating. Scottish castles were poor. Wooden plates and spoons could be carved and that let them be easy to supply for guest. A knife and fork for gentle folk to use were expensive and this was the reason to bring your own. That way you didn't embarass the host.

[Bob C]

Thanks for the compliments, guys.

P, I'll see what I can do about getting a pic of opening champagne bottles. Maybe I can get my lovely wife to shoot it on video with my wonderful new digital camcorder.