PHOTOS of Hand-made Dirk and Sgian Dubh

**shawhighlander** · 13th March 09, 02:08 PM

Originally Posted by ChattanCat

Yes, they are beautiful. Are you planning to wear the dirk and the sgian dubh at your wedding?

Probably just the sgian dubh...huh, do you think it appropriate to wear a Dirk at the wedding???

ps~ I wanted to honor my Grandfather in memory by making both of these. I was actually able to show them to him before he died.

**ChattanCat** · 13th March 09, 03:38 PM

Originally Posted by shawhighlander

Probably just the sgian dubh...huh, do you think it appropriate to wear a Dirk at the wedding???

ps~ I wanted to honor my Grandfather in memory by making both of these. I was actually able to show them to him before he died.

I guess if you are planning to cut the cake with the dirk, it might work. Not sure if it is appropriate if it has no purpose. The sgian dubh is in the sock because of tradition that you take it out of your arm pit and put it inn the sock in your freind's house. Don't think the dirk was ever hidden and therefore outlawed in some parts of the history of Scotland. In fact, I'm not sure where I would wear a dirk unless I was a piper, piping in the wedding.