Sgian Dubh and the Church

[Panache]

I think the issue is best viewed with the focus on the church congregation as the primary consideration... if you are in a situation where the people of your congregation are unaware or merely uncomfortable about it then that is the most important issue to consider.

I really like this way of thinking!

I have three sgian dubhs and three "sgian don'ts" (comb, bottle cap opener, and blank). Now I used to wear the "sgian don'ts' to places it would be inappropriate to wear a blade to such as my children's school. I did have various people at times ask me , sometimes with concern, that I was carrying a knife onto school grounds (illegal here). I would pull the "sgian don't" out of my sock and we would have a good laugh.

Then something occurred to me

For every person that came to me to ask about what was in my sock there must have been at least another person out there that was bothered about it but didn't have it in them to talk to me about it. At a Spring Fair one of those people spoke with a police officer who then questioned me.

I wasn't offended but it did make me think

Even though my false sgian dubhs weren't knives, therefore legal, it made people uncomfortable.

I still wear my sgian dubhs and "sgian don'ts" but now I think about not just the law but the feelings of other people.

Unless I was a piper performing or getting dressed to the nines and getting married (which my lovely Flame-Haired Celtic Amazon Goddess has informed me will never happen again in my lifetime!) I wouldn't bother with a sgian dubh in church.

I don't need one there, there might be those that felt it wasn't appropriate, and there might be some actually bothered by it. By not wearing the knife I show respect to others.

Too often I think people forget that it isn't always about ourselves.

Cheers

Jamie :ootd:

[herminator]

I still wear my sgian dubhs and "sgian don'ts" but now I think about not just the law but the feelings of other people.

I don't need one there, there might be those that felt it wasn't appropriate, and there might be some actually bothered by it. By not wearing the knife I show respect to others.

Too often I think people forget that it isn't always about ourselves.

Cheers

Jamie :ootd:

A true gentleman!

Thank you, sir!

:ootd: