About dirks and civilians

[creagdhubh]

Colin,

Your first photo is not of the Clan Chattan Chief. This would be John Lachlan Mackintosh of Mackintosh. He can be seen below with my Chief, Sir William Alan Macpherson of Cluny and Blairgowrie, TD.



I like your examples of men wearing a dirk with variations of Highland dress during the daytime, but from a traditional standpoint I think the wearing of a dirk is typically restricted to Highland evening attire. But, to each is own!

Cheers,

[CMcG]

Colin,

Your first photo is not of the Clan Chattan Chief. This would be John Lachlan Mackintosh of Mackintosh. He can be seen below with my Chief, Sir William Alan Macpherson of Cluny and Blairgowrie, TD.

I like your examples of men wearing a dirk with variations of Highland dress during the daytime, but from a traditional standpoint I think the wearing of a dirk is typically restricted to Highland evening attire. But, to each is own!

I wasn't sure who exactly the fellow in the first pic I posted was, but in the thread I pulled it from, Thistledown suggested he was a chief of the Clan Chattan confederation. Oops!

While the dirk may not be a current part of THCD daywear, I think Sir Didymous expressed a reenactment or historically flavoured approach to the kilt, hence the photo examples I posted.

[ThistleDown]

I wasn't sure who exactly the fellow in the first pic I posted was, but in the thread I pulled it from, Thistledown suggested he was a chief of the Clan Chattan confederation. Oops!

While the dirk may not be a current part of THCD daywear, I think Sir Didymous expressed a reenactment or historically flavoured approach to the kilt, hence the photo examples I posted.

The thread you linked to, Colin, refers to the tartan, not to the man. Mark Macbean asked if the tartan was Clan Chattan or Mackintosh Chief, and I replied Clan Chattan (the difference is presence or absence of a white line on the red). The chap in the pic is originally from Glasgow but now lives in Badenoch. He dresses something like this most days but I've only seen him with a dirk on this occasion when he added a fluff of white paper flower in his bonnet, too. I can't think of another time when I have seen a native non-military Scot wearing a dirk. In Scotland.

Kyle you are almost right, but not quite. The two in your pic are Sir William Macpherson of Cluny and John Mackintosh of Mackintosh, but John Mackintosh is chief of Clan Mackintosh; the chief of Clan Chattan is Malcolm Mackintosh of Mackintosh-Torcastle.

[CMcG]

Thanks for the clarification, ThistleDown.

[Fedgunner]

I wear a dirk on two occasions. One is when I am in SAMS uniform, and the other is when I am working in the ren fair's Scottish Village.
Barring that, I leave them home.