Folding Knife as a Sgian Dubh?

[Friday]

Riverkilt if I understand correctly this is a lock blade folding knife. Couldn't you have a sheath made to hold it with the blade locked open? You could have the sheath made with a with an extra leather tab at the bottom of the sheath to make it more secure in the top of your hose?

[george7]

Next ya'll will be wanting to know if it's OK to wear a kilt without pleats.

[Riverkilt]

Yikes, I'm halfway there already George!!!

Can't find any pleats on the front of my kilt.....

Its happening........ahhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!

[Carolina Kiltman]

Maybe I should find out where the blank blades they make sgian dubhs from come from, then take them around to Native artists and have them do up the handles....Ron

That I think is the better of the two ideas (the other is making a sheath for the locked open knife). Most of the artisans I am familiar with would be more than delighted to do something like that. There is always a shade of commercialism in stuff that is produced for sale, a compromise of artistic value for the taste of the person who has the cash. To be able to create a work of art to go with a quality blade, might just make his/her day!

[Ryan Ross]

I do frequently carry a folder instead of a sgian dubh in my sock, usually one with a pocket clip, tucked in between the aprons of the kilt at the top, with the clip on the outside of the outer apron, but under the belt.

I tend to do the same thing, save that I clip it to the inner apron, with the clip between the two aprons.

[Mr. MacDougall]

Hey MacDougall, welcome back.

Thanks. It was a long, dry summer, but I'm back in Flag now. Yay!

Maybe I should find out where the blank blades they make sgian dubhs from come from, then take them around to Native artists and have them do up the handles....

Do you have some reputable artists to work with? I tried to get one of the "Indian Arts" places here to make a custom kilt pin for me, but they claimed that they didn't like doing that kind of pre-order custom work, as if the artists they work with know something has already been sold, apparently they'll jack up the price.

[Thunderbolt]

I do frequently carry a folder instead of a sgian dubh in my sock, usually one with a pocket clip, tucked in between the aprons of the kilt at the top, with the clip on the outside of the outer apron, but under the belt.

I tend to do the same thing, save that I clip it to the inner apron, with the clip between the two aprons.

I often do the same. I have also carried a folder, with the pocket clip removed, if there is one, as a sgian dubh, in the hose top.

I usually have my Benchmade or CRKT clipped on the kilt, on the inside apron. I have well-rounded the clip to prevent chaffing of the kilt.

I have not carried a "proper" sgian for a long time. I refused to carry a piece of useless "jewlery" when I have carried a good knife most of my life and use it every day. What's the point? I found a Cold Steel "mini Culloden" that is a marginal knife, better than the crap sold as sgians at Games. But because of my penury, I can't afford the $$$'s for a good custom sgian. *sigh*

Now, from what I hear, sgians are coming out of the UK unsharpened, according to law. Ugh....

I have noticed that most people in the U.S. wear their sgians way to far out of the hose, almost with the sheath showing...Dangerous. I've picked up a few sgians (and returned them to the owner) at games and other kilted gatherings when they have fallen out. I leave only a inch or so, maybe slightly more, out of the hose top.

T.

[graham_s]

I use a mini-culloden as my day to day blade. It's actually quite a good little user.

[Ivy]

My every day carry is an Opinel #8 folder whether I'm in pants or kilted...it's sweet little knife, sharp as hell, and costs next to nothing. I take good care of it, but if I lose it or something disastrous happens I don't worry much. When kilted I just tuck it in my hose. Fortunately Washington has some pretty loose rules when it comes to open carry. I'd be more concerned with a traditional sgian, since I think it could be considered a dagger.

[Geoff Withnell]

Daggers are normally double edged. Since most of the traditional sgians are single edge, I know in my home state (Maryland) the sgian is NOT a dagger.

Geoff Withnell

My every day carry is an Opinel #8 folder whether I'm in pants or kilted...it's sweet little knife, sharp as hell, and costs next to nothing. I take good care of it, but if I lose it or something disastrous happens I don't worry much. When kilted I just tuck it in my hose. Fortunately Washington has some pretty loose rules when it comes to open carry. I'd be more concerned with a traditional sgian, since I think it could be considered a dagger.