Where not to wear a sgian dubh

[Jack Daw]

Oh, well, if it's only going to be a few broken bones, who wouldn't give a thug the go-ahead. I mean, it's not like he's actually going to HURT you, or might get carried away and do some REAL damage.

If I thought about such situations, I wouldn't just not carry a sgian dubh, I wouldn't go.

You can die from a broken bone if the marrow gets into the bloodstream.

[kiltimabar]

You can die from a broken bone if the marrow gets into the bloodstream.

If you point that out to the thug, I'm sure he'll take great care that won't happen. But don't use your sgian dubh--you might get arrested as well as injured.

[Panache]

Speaking for myself (Mod Hat Off)

When not to wear a sgian dubh?

When common sense suggests that it be left at home, or replaced with a "sgian don't".

It isn't so much a question of a sgian dubh in particular, as simply asking yourself should a fixed blade knife be worn openly in/at/with this situation, place, time, and company?

A little common sense goes a long way

Cheers

Jamie

[Jack Daw]

I'm not familiar with the type of person that is easily provoked into violence by seeing a sgian dhu that is tucked into a sock; but, I'm not likely to intentionally take myself to a location that caters to such dangerous people, whether I'm armed or not.

[acstoon]

When not to wear a sgian dubh?

I find wearing one anywhere underneath my kilt a tad uncomfortable, if not downright dangerous.

[Kilt TN]

I know in Nashville as long as its visible your legal, so I guess a pocket knife is actually a concealed weapon. Heck you could walk down the street with a gun strapped to your leg, and as long as its visible you are within the law. ( Don't think I would push it that far) Just don't walk you pig in downtown Nashville, there is a law against that. Also there is a cop that comes to the pub I go to and he wears his, and has never said anything about mine. We are pretty much like our sister state Texas, as long as we have our guns, knifes and pickup trucks we're happy.

[Zardoz]

We are pretty much like our sister state Texas, as long as we have our guns, knifes and pickup trucks we're happy.

Amen to that brother!
I've read this entire thread with great interest and just a little dismay. I'm still trying to figure out when the folding knives that I, and about everyone I know, have carried since childhood made the transition from "handy cutting tool" to "weapons"?

[Jack Daw]

Amen to that brother!
I've read this entire thread with great interest and just a little dismay. I'm still trying to figure out when the folding knives that I, and about everyone I know, have carried since childhood made the transition from "handy cutting tool" to "weapons"?

Then, there are all those people armed to the hilt with steak and butter knives at the sit-down restaurants.

[ender103601]

i love that i live in an open carry state.
God bless the Commonwealth

[Makeitstop]

Amen to that brother!
I've read this entire thread with great interest and just a little dismay. I'm still trying to figure out when the folding knives that I, and about everyone I know, have carried since childhood made the transition from "handy cutting tool" to "weapons"?

I think a lot of it has to do with the level of convenience that a lot of people are used to. Many people never feel the need for a knife outside the kitchen. If a job requires a cutting implement or any other tool which is not immediately available, then someone else should handle it, there's probably something you can buy to get around it, or it's just not worth the effort so you should just give up and do something else.

And since people don't need them, they don't use them, and therefore don't understand them. Without a proper understanding of the utility of a knife, it's very easy to get caught up on the destructive possibilities.

There are many other factors as well, but I think it's a lack of familiarity that enables the notion that knives are all weapons and should be feared.