Pocket Knife with Kilt

[Jock Scot]

All of the above, really! Everything from Rabbits, Apples, to mistique. and I dropped the Dubh just for shorthands sake. A dirk, it would seem to me, is poorly suited to most outdoor work, The Sgain would clean animals better, I think. The Dirk seems long enough to be too awkward for most purposes

Indeed yes! The traditional SD was actually designed as a tool first------mainly for eating with (before knives and forks became common place) and to hack off a chunk of meat or bread and then stab the proceeds to put it near the mouth------and if things got desperate enough to use as a weapon. A brick, cricket bat, a length of pipe or, even ones teeth would do equally well as a weapon in dire need. One only needs to look at the construction of a traditional SD to see that it is not designed as some sort of Ninja fighting knife and speaking from personal experience its not much use for dressing out rabbits or deer either, but, BUT it will do if needs be. The blade is the wrong shape and the handle fixing is not up to heavy work.