Highlanders of Rob Roy's era did not carry the sgian dubh as we know it: the small knife worn in the hose top. That practice began nearly a century after his death! The sgian shown in that display case is NOT an early 18th C. piece, as far as I can see.
Rob almost certainly carried a sgian achlais, or armpit dagger, which was a more substantial weapon than the little sgian dubh, which is just a fancy utility knife....
you beat me to it Woodsheal
but this is my understanding also
I'm an 18th century guy born into the 20th century and have been dragged kicking and screaming into the 21st century.
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