21st Century Sgian dhu?

**KiltedKnight** · 28th March 06, 01:47 PM

Originally Posted by Paco500

I'm a big guy with a shaved head, half an ear and wearing a kilt. Most likely all the self protection I need.

There is ALWAYS someone who is bigger than you and out for trouble. If you want you can always tattoo something on your leg if that's what you want, myself? I think that I'll stay with something shiney that I can put next to a goblin's ear to let him know that I am serious.

Chris.

**davedove** · 28th March 06, 01:50 PM

Originally Posted by KiltedKnight

There is ALWAYS someone who is bigger than you and out for trouble.

I find it's usually NOT the bigger guys who are the problem. Most of them are just trying to enjoy themselves. I find that much more trouble comes from smaller guys, who must feel they need to prove something.

**Mattg** · 28th March 06, 01:57 PM

Originally Posted by davedove

I find it's usually NOT the bigger guys who are the problem. Most of them are just trying to enjoy themselves. I find that much more trouble comes from smaller guys, who must feel they need to prove something.

Yeah, I'm 6 foot 2 and 275 lbs and I'm never looking for trouble but I'm always running into these smaller guys who just want to fight, I don't know what it is....

**davedove** · 28th March 06, 02:27 PM

Originally Posted by Mattg

Yeah, I'm 6 foot 2 adn 275 lbs and I'm never looking for trouble but I'm always running into these smaller guys who just want to fight, I don't know what it is....

Yeah, you're my size (OK I'm 15 pounds heavier). The little guys must have inferiority complexes.

**UmAnOnion** · 28th March 06, 02:26 PM

Originally Posted by davedove

I find it's usually NOT the bigger guys who are the problem. Most of them are just trying to enjoy themselves. I find that much more trouble comes from smaller guys, who must feel they need to prove something.

So you have met my boss....

**mbhandy** · 29th March 06, 09:01 AM

Originally Posted by davedove

I find it's usually NOT the bigger guys who are the problem. Most of them are just trying to enjoy themselves. I find that much more trouble comes from smaller guys, who must feel they need to prove something.

You know it's those damn irish leprechauns their allways up ta somtin. :rolleyes:

MrBill

**KiltedKnight** · 29th March 06, 09:43 AM

I don't quite know why but this thread reminds me of an incident that happened many years ago while I was stationed at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. My wife and I, along with another couple would gather our privately owned guns and drive out to a place that we found, far from any civilization and spend the week-end camping and shooting.

Another soldier after learning of this asked us if he could come along and so he did and we spent the week-end camping and shooting. The very next time we went out there he asked if a friend of his and his friends wife could also join us and I had no objections at all.

Once the camp was set up and we had everything in place we got out our guns and started into the usual target practice, at this time I was approached and asked if we would refrain from doing any shooting because the newest members of our group did not like guns and the shooting was going to ruin their week-end of camping with us.

Now I am a reasonable person and I told them that I did not want our shooting sport to ruin their week-end so why didn't they just pack up their gear and get back to town where they should have stayed in the first place?

I guess my point is if you have a problem with a natural part of an established custom it stands to reason that either you simply not wear the small utility/defensive knife that is as much a part of Scottish attire as the Kilt itself or you get a butterknife and wear that in the kilt hose or perhaps a tattoo in its stead.

A Sgian Dubh is a tool, a shovel is a tool, an M-1911 is a tool and as with all tools there is a time and a place to possess and use that tool for whatever reason or purpose that comes up. If you don't want to have or use that tool then don't. I personally would rather have that small 'tool' in case a few drunks decided they didn't like my decision to wear the kilt. Or perhaps I forgot to clean under my fingernails. I then would find a good use for it if necessary, but then again, I don't call 911.

Chris.

**Paco500** · 28th March 06, 03:06 PM

Originally Posted by KiltedKnight

There is ALWAYS someone who is bigger than you and out for trouble. If you want you can always tattoo something on your leg if that's what you want, myself? I think that I'll stay with something shiney that I can put next to a goblin's ear to let him know that I am serious.

Chris.

I'm only 10% serious here. I can't think of a single "dicey" situation I've been involved in that would have been improved by someone being armed. I guess I've been lucky and make of point of staying out of trouble.

**auld argonian** · 28th March 06, 03:14 PM

It's as my dad (85 years old) says: Used to be that if there was trouble, there'd be a fist fight, one guy would decide he'd had enough and the fight was over and they'd both go home...now somebody pulls a gun and somebody ends up dead...

Who needs that?

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AA