Quote Originally Posted by Katia View Post
Trying again, after the board ate my post.

Anyway, I wouldn't be so sure about this. When I go out kilted (into public, not a Games or something), I am amazed by how many people comment on the sgian, farrrrr more than say anything about my attire in general. ("Is that a knife in your sock???" {those who know me well would probably be surprised that I don't go pedantic and answer, "No, but it's a sgian dubh in my kilt hose..."}). It's hard to see much in my profile pic, I know, but that'll give you an idea of how much sticks out. I'm not even sure how people know it's a knife just from that (and I doubt that many people around here are so Highland-dress savvy that they know what a sgian dubh is). People's eyes just seem to gravitate to it.
That's I'd something I've almost never come across. The exception being an establishment asking if I have a Sgian and can I check it at the door, and meeting up with Kilties who say "That's a nice looking Sgian, can I have a look?" In my experience, and having traveled a few places now in my kilts. Most people pay more attention to the guy wandering around in a skirt than what he has hanging out of his sock.