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    Ah. I've been considering knitting some garter ties myself.

    And to get my own thread back on topic, I did try wearing my sgian a bit higher the other day and it was much more comfortable. I actually had more trouble getting it OUT of the sheath than IN, but that's probably a sign that I won't be losing it easily.

    I'm finally attending my first kilt night (well, afternoon) this weekend and I'm not sure if I want to wear the knife out. I won't have much reason to use it and I can always just toss a small folding pocket knife in my sporran.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Riverkilt View Post
    Thanks...umm, its kind of touchy. They were hand made by a retired Master Gunnery Sergeant who is currently banned from this forum. The ties were a gift. I believe he wove them on one of those plastic forms for making things like this. A DIY deal.

    Such is the power of kilt addiction that a Master Gunnery Sergeant would be hand weaving garter ties....cracks me up actually.
    Those are actually knit, not woven (a point of semantics, but as someone who lives with those who both knit and weave, it's an important difference).

    You don't even have to know how to hand knit to make them. Looks like they were made using a basic knitting machine which you can pick up for relatively little cash at most craft and hobby stores. A quick google search found one at Target for only $19.95.

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    Thanks, fixed it. Figured knitting was with needles and wrapping around pegs was weaving....at least in a sense... but for sure a difference between back and forth and up and down - and in and out.
    Ol' Macdonald himself, a proud son of Skye and Cape Breton Island
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    Yes, those were made with one of the knitting tools, not with needles. I believe it was a "Wonder Knitter".
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    Quote Originally Posted by cajunscot View Post
    I frequently keep a straight-stemmed pipe in my hose.

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    About how much of the sgian handle to show, as in many other areas of Highland Dress I like to look at what's traditional in the Army.

    It varies from regiment to regiment.

    The Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders officer's sgian had a badge in the middle of the handle and the sgian was worn so that the badge could be seen. In effect around 2/3 of the handle was visible.

    The Black Watch officer's sgian, on the other hand, had the badge (a sphinx)at the bottom of the handle, and therefore the sgian was worn with the entire handle showing.

    Here are photos of members of these two regiments taken just prior to their being subsumed into The Royal Regiment Of Scotland.





    and from The Highlanders, wearing the old Gordon Highlanders pattern (no badge), with a bit over half the handle showing


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    For better or worse, I've followed the advice of J. Charles "Scotty" Thompson ("So You're Going to Wear the Kilt"), in which -- IIRC -- he recommends leaving just the pommel of the sgian visible.

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    Thumbs up Mmmm... Chocolate Fireguards!

    Guid thread, this! And some nice piccies, too. Cheers for a' that.

    Ironically I find this particularly interesting because I've recently stopped wearing a sgian in my hose top pretty much all together. I still carry a knife at all times, though. Good place to put your pipe, though- I like that idea!

    But just to put in my two cents: I've always thought showing more than the top of the sgian handle- enough to get your fingers on and the knife out- is really sloppy looking. Kinda like having your flashes hanging out 6 or 8 inches and whipping around etc. Completely subjective, of course; to me it just looks like the sgian is about to fall out, and one ends up fixated on it like watching a vase teeter on the edge of a table...

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    Thumbs up I Second that...

    Quote Originally Posted by Tim Little View Post
    For better or worse, I've followed the advice of J. Charles "Scotty" Thompson ("So You're Going to Wear the Kilt"), in which -- IIRC -- he recommends leaving just the pommel of the sgian visible.
    Here's tae us, Whas like us... Deil the Yin!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tim Little View Post
    For better or worse, I've followed the advice of J. Charles "Scotty" Thompson ("So You're Going to Wear the Kilt"), in which -- IIRC -- he recommends leaving just the pommel of the sgian visible.
    That's me too------about an inch and a tad.
    " Rules are for the guidance of wise men and the adherence of idle minds and minor tyrants". Field Marshal Lord Slim.

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