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    Quote Originally Posted by McMurdo View Post
    Kerr Glad you had a good time up here sorry I didn't know you'd be here, we could have got something figured out if you wanted an improptu kilt night, just let us know next time. I have to say that encounter sounds better than some I've had.

    I remembered last minute that there were some Xmarkers up in that neck of the woods. By the time my memory finally kicked in, I didn't have my computer any more.

    Alas....such is life.

    However, experience being the best teacher, I will not make that mistake again.

    Looking forward to the next time.

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    I've said this on another thread, but that Sgian Brew/Sgian Don't, is a great idea. I need to get one, it's much more appropriate to my lifestyle than sporting a knife. I have a Sgian Dhu but I don't ever wear it for everyday Kilting. Knifes are currently a hot topic in UK and rightly so... It would be rather hypocritical of me to condem our youth for carrying them while I wear one, just to be authentic.

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    Little Sgian Dhu

    I am used to carrying a pocket knife. It is just the way I grew up, adult guys have a small working blade, for opening packages, cutting twine, whatever, and feel a little underdressed without one. I have a ColdSteel Braveheart sgian dhu for those occasions when I am kilted and the size of the blade is not an issue. Other times I carry their superedge, which while not intended as a sgian dhu, fits easily into my kilt hose top, and with only a 2" blade, is legal to carry in most places. Pentagon security had no issue with it beyond measuring the blade length against a template. The link to it is below. I prefer, unless I am going very formal, to carry a functional knife, that I don't need to worry about damaging the appearance of if I use it roughly. (Use as a tool, of course, not a weapon)

    http://www.coldsteel.com/superedge.html

    Geoff Withnell
    Geoff Withnell

    "My comrades, they did never yield, for courage knows no bounds."
    No longer subject to reveille US Marine.

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    Good story. Good caution to think about where you are going with that blade...
    "Before two notes of the theme were played, Colin knew it was Patrick Mor MacCrimmon's 'Lament for the Children'...Sad seven times--ah, Patrick MacCrimmon of the seven dead sons....'It's a hard tune, that', said old Angus. Hard on the piper; hard on them all; hard on the world." Butcher's Broom, by Neil Gunn, 1994 Walker & Co, NY, p. 397-8.

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