21st Century Sgian dhu?

[auld argonian]

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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[The Supreme Canuck]

True. Rule one of self-defence: never bring a knife to a gunfight.

[Cinnabar]

I guess my take on carrying a Sgian Dhu around is an old quote about 4 wheel drive trucks:

They allow you to get in an even worse situation than you would have been in without one.


But to each their own.

[Iolaus]

You know, some of us are just knife guys. It's not about offense or defense; it's about having a useful tool with you at all times. Knives aren't "just for hurting people" tools; I use a knife just about every day, for one thing or another, and I've never pulled it as a weapon.

[Cinnabar]

Very good point! I guess since the advent of the leatherman etc., I don't really think of a knife as tool as much anymore. Guess I'm being shortsighted. Maybe I'll have to look into having a Sgian Dhu leatherman made. Interesting topic none the less.

[GlassMan]

Being a pacifist I can't imagine every using a knife of any kind as a weapon against another human being. But I find knives very useful as tools. It's been great not having to search for a box cutter to open up packages that arrive from the glass distributors!

[Moosehead]

Not that I've been in the bush kilted, but in the Maritimes, its actually against the law to go more than 100 metres (could be 200) into the woods without a knife and compass.

[Iolaus]

Very good point! I guess since the advent of the leatherman etc., I don't really think of a knife as tool as much anymore. Guess I'm being shortsighted. Maybe I'll have to look into having a Sgian Dhu leatherman made. Interesting topic none the less.

Don't they make a leatherman type tool that has fancy wood scales on the handles? It wouldn't be traditional looking, but if you had a short open sheath to put under the sock, it might still look good.