Daywear Sgian Dubh???

[Dale Seago]

The consensus as I understand it is that wearing a back-up knife in lieu of a sgian dubh despite any similarities may be inconsistent with tradition, can be considered at best a gros faux pas, at worst an unnecessary and preventable enticement to the constabulary.

Pretty much.

That said, however, I wouldn't altogether discount the idea of pressing other sorts of knives into service as a daywear sgian dubh. With a different sheath, for example, a traditional Finnish puukko could work very well in this role:





Of course it doesn't "deviate" all that much from early forms of the Scottish sgian dubh. . .likely because it came about for similar purposes.