21st Century Sgian dhu?

[auld argonian]

Boy...could I come up with a list...most of it would be preposterous stuff, though...

...so maybe the post-modern solution is not a better Sghian Dhub but a cell phone SHAPED like a Sghian Dhub...stick that in yer sock!

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AA

[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.

[mbhandy]

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]

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.

[Colin]

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.

Aren't you supposed to have a bottle of screech with you as well? Or is that just Newfoundland after all, they are a different group of people.

[BLAZN]

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

Hmm... ever see the Punisher movie released in '05? There was a knife in a gun fight there that one the battle.

(Sorry... Punisher fan )

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.

Oh so very true.
I almost ALWAYS have this little biddy on me:

This one is fairly small, but I also own the larger version.

When I'm at work, on the submarine, I've always got the above and the below on my belt:


If I could get the multi-tool to resemble a sgian dhub... I'd be set!