Quote Originally Posted by jkdesq
I have to agree with those that are trying to discouraging the idea.

I don't think anyone has brought up the customs or protocols around sword wearing. As a former History student (I have a B.A.), I am aware that, historically, only members of the nobility could wear a sword. It was inappropriate for non-nobles to wear a sword.

I wonder if this idea still exists? Any protocol experts out there? If so and unless you can call yourself Lord or Sir something-or-other, it would be as inappropriate for you to wear a sword as it would for you to wear a crown.
Balderdash!!

In Europe, such restrictions ended with the Middle Ages. Japan is another story, and China and India yet different stories.

From the Renaisance onward, any gentleman (not necessarily nobility) could and was expected to wear a sword. Basically, any freeman could bear arms and the gentry were pretty well required to bear arms.

Up until the Victorian Age, the well-dressed gentleman's formalware included a sword of some sort, which type varied with the era and the location.

Truthfully, if law and custom permitted, I'd wear a small sword or some sort of short sword daily. A sword might not be as effective as a firearm, but it is far more elegant.