Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Officer's Dirk and Sgian

[ohneplo]

The Dirk and Sgian Dubh en suite were originally purchased from WM. Anderson and Sons in the mid 1880s based upon their Military Outfitters handbook of the period. The staff of their successors Kinloch Anderson were kind enough to provide prints from their oldest surviving illustrated book from 1880. The dirk design then changed in the 1890s.













The original Thin Red Line, the A&S Highlanders in the Crimean War.



Hope this provides a bit more to the dirk set story.
And finally the Sgian Dubh and the boxed set.



The tip is reputed to have been broken off in an opponent's hip bone.



Hope this didn't take up too much space.
Cheers,

Capt Bruce

[BoldHighlander]

Hope this didn't take up too much space.
Cheers,

Capt Bruce

Never!

Thanks again for sharing that bit of history