Kilting in Church - Sgian dubh?

[thescot]

This is me just before conducting a wedding. Rest assured that i had my sgian in the right sock. Guess you know my thoughts.

[Father Bill]

Yeah. There's a lot of good thinking here. How much trouble do you want to go through to prove that you really are right? You can be right and still upsetting. On the other hand, as The Scot says, I wear mine!

[LANCER1562]

I have worn my sgain dubh to church every Sunday, except on the rare occasions that I have forgotten it at home because I was running late, and no one has said anything about it.

[Woodsheal]

Whenever I go kilted, to church or otherwise, I always carry a sgian and have never had any trouble as a result. I suspect that few even notice it.

Agreed. No one will even notice the damn' little thing. People overthink these matters ad infinitum, ad nauseum....

[Nighthawk]

I always wear one to church, and will be doing so tomorrow. I have never had any problems, except for a teenage girl who thought it was sexy (don't need that kind of positive attention!!) So I would say wear it. I don't feel like I'm properly dressed without one.

[Bugbear]

I always wear one to church, and will be doing so tomorrow. I have never had any problems, except for a teenage girl who thought it was sexy (don't need that kind of positive attention!!) So I would say wear it. I don't feel like I'm properly dressed without one.

Ah now, Hawk, a little attention can be nice.

One might consider the particular denomination or church when making this choice.

[Jock Scot]

I am sorry, but one can only wonder if you chaps should be wearing the kilt at all, if you have to make this concession or that concession to these overly sensitive types?We have some rough parts of town in Scotland and whilst I think I have been quite safe being there, there have been times when it was more prudent to not to wear the kilt.

My point is this. Do you have to wear the kilt and normal accessories? No. Do you need to? Probably not. Do you want to? Yes. Should you consider others? Yes. Should others consider you? Yes. Do we live in a perfect world? No. So the obvious question follows. Should we use our discretion? Yes!

Let us follow this on further.

Would I have to be asking myself all these questions if I wore a suit? NO! So, should I wear the kilt if I can't wear it properly within Scots traditions?-----

Just saying.

[Madadh]

There are several places I go that wearing a weapon is not an option. For these places I have either a plastic or a wooden sgain dubh and am happy to show them when asked.

[MacSpadger]

I am sorry, but one can only wonder if you chaps should be wearing the kilt at all, if you have to make this concession or that concession to these overly sensitive types?We have some rough parts of town in Scotland and whilst I think I have been quite safe being there, there have been times when it was more prudent to not to wear the kilt.

My point is this. Do you have to wear the kilt and normal accessories? No. Do you need to? Probably not. Do you want to? Yes. Should you consider others? Yes. Should others consider you? Yes. Do we live in a perfect world? No. So the obvious question follows. Should we use our discretion? Yes!

Let us follow this on further.

Would I have to be asking myself all these questions if I wore a suit? NO! So, should I wear the kilt if I can't wear it properly within Scots traditions?-----

Just saying.

Well said Jock!

[OC Richard]

As I have stated on this forum before, I don't wear kilts to church and would not consider doing so, unless I'm piping there.

If piping, Highland Dress is an expected form of dress.

If simply attending church, the last thing I want to do is to draw attention to myself. The whole point is to set ego/self aside and become one body. Attention-grabbing, whether it be unusual clothing, hair styles, makeup, etc is out of place in my opinion.

Now I must add the caveat that I cannot and will not attempt to judge what is within another person's heart, and there may well be people to whom kiltwearing is an ordinary daily thing and they wear kilts without any intention of drawing attention to themselves. Whatever their intent, they will get attention, unless it's a small church where everyone knows everyone and kiltwearing is a normal thing.

(Heck, there are two local Pastors here who sometimes preach kilted.)

The one time I did wear Highland Dress to a church service was the service for a prominent local piper, and kilts were rather expected. A large proportion of the congregation was kilted that day.