Your Kilted Grandfathers (or Other Grandfather Influences)

**Bugbear** · 31st December 11, 09:16 PM

Originally Posted by Steve of Lansing

... He was a farmer and one thing I did get from him, though, is that one should always carry a pocket knife, and I often have more than one on me.

Always, -Steve

That counts. Do you cary one in your sporran?

**Steve Barclay** · 31st December 11, 10:31 PM

My grandad on the right with Tam no doubt made by my nan (a dressmaker), and my dad as a wean in the middle, sometime I assume in the late 1950's, most likely at Hogmanay.

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**ThistleDown** · 31st December 11, 10:53 PM

Great, great great grandfather, Duncan (yes, I know about the kilt blemish, but what can you do on New Year's Eve?):

**Steve of Lansing** · 1st January 12, 04:29 PM

Originally Posted by Bugbear

That counts. Do you cary one in your sporran?

Yep, Always. Currently it's just a little 3" liner lock Gerber. But that same Grandad gave me a 2 1/2" 2 blade folding toothpick that I still have and carry on the rare occasion I have to wear dress pants.

I also have a 3 1/3" Gerber liner lock in my EDC bag, and one of those weird little Buck liner lock knife/bottle opener/key fob things on my keyring. Those 2 go with me every day to work.