The skean dhu may be in you kilt hose, but for some reason, at many a dinner people ask to look at it - because they're curious I suppose. If you're slicing up a haggis brought to your table at a Burns Supper it will come out, and for theor foregoing reasons, get the best you can afford. Broadswords and dirks are not something you're likely to wear with your highland gear, but you'll always have your skean dhu. Don't go cheap.