Quote Originally Posted by Tobus View Post
I have no use for a knife that isn't sharp. An "ornamental" sgian dubh means it's part of a "costume". I don't wear my kilt as a costume, and my sgian dubh is sharp. I carry a pocket knife all the time when I'm wearing p@nts (and use it at least half a dozen times a day for various functions); since there isn't any way to carry it with a kilt, the sgian dubh fills its role. For me, it's a functional knife. It was sharp when I bought it and it will remain sharpened.
Amen to that, sir; I feel naked withought a good, useful blade on me. That said, I tend to carry a folder, rather than a sgian dubh, quite frequently, and have found this method really convenient:



Note: Not sure why I've been chiming in on all these sgian dubh questions lately, and I'm even more in the dark as to why I've been so keen on illustrating my points with pictures. Heh..