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    Lots of us wear a sgain brew when a sgian dubh will not do.



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    Quote Originally Posted by BEEDEE View Post
    Lots of us wear a sgain brew when a sgian dubh will not do.
    Yep, and I've found my to be anything but pointless... comes in handy quite often. And the ones made by Rab Gordon are handsome enough to pass muster for a formal event (see link)

    http://www.lochnessorigins.com/acata...ian_Dubhs.html

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    If the folks thereabouts frown upon little tiny knives worn openly, perhaps a nail file would be appropriate...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Woodsheal View Post
    If the folks thereabouts frown upon little tiny knives worn openly, perhaps a nail file would be appropriate...
    Or perhaps a small fish. Herring, maybe.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bob C. View Post
    Or perhaps a small fish. Herring, maybe.
    Now what do you suppose that would be used for?


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    Quote Originally Posted by BEEDEE View Post
    Lots of us wear a sgain brew when a sgian dubh will not do.
    One of the little semantic niggles that security types use to justify harrassing people is "knife or knife-like object." By which they mean, if someone could reasonably mistake it for a knife -- it looks like a knife handle, it's carried in a place one might expect a knife -- then it should be banished or regulated because some squeamish citizen may go into palpitations over it.

    They get similarly exercised by switchblade combs and the BottleFly. That said, a good sgian brew is maybe more useful than a small knife. I can tear open a letter, but getting a beer open could be the difference between life and death.
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