To Black Watch or not to Black Watch?

[Jordan]

Hello all, I'm new to the kilt wearing life and have some questions.
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Modern note. I'm going to a reunion and I plan on wearing the following:

Black Watch kilt, white dress shirt, neck tie (Black Watch pattern), cream hose with BW flashes, dress shoes (hopefully brogues if I can find them), sgian dubh, dress sporran with chain belt, a black Prince Charlie vest and MAYBE a Black Watch fly pinned to the shoulder. Yes? No? What do I need to lose/add?

Im sorry I know no history what so ever so I cant help there, however as to your outfit for the reunion,
Theres a lot of tartan goin on there may i suggest Kilt, white shirt, tie maybe green (something which will go with yout kilt but not tartan) Sporran, Hose (a lot of pepople dont like cream or white hose but if you do great) Flashes (Red Is allways good).

Is the event black tie? If so PC and vest is fine no need for a fly plaid.
If not but still formal Argyle jacket and five button waistcoat or is its just smart and you dont think everyone else will be wearing jackets dont bother shirt and tie would be fine.

If your sgian dubh is unsharpened, then I would leave it at home, because it is then an ornament for weddings, funerals, and piping. If, however, your sgian dubh is nice and sharp, then I would totally wear it, because the real ones seem to look better than the unsharpened ones. At the very least, the fly plaid might be over the top, almost on the costume and superficiality side.

I am very courious about this statment. Unless your waving your sgian about nobody will know if its sharp or not, Mine is acctualy a bottle opener and until i pull it out for use nobody even knows.

Some sgian's bought from un reputable sellers do look costumey but to say all unsharpend ones do is too much of a generalisation.

Jordan

All coments are my opinions only and worth what you paid for them

[Orthzar]

I am very courious about this statment. Unless your waving your sgian about nobody will know if its sharp or not, Mine is acctualy a bottle opener and until i pull it out for use nobody even knows.

Some sgian's bought from un reputable sellers do look costumey but to say all unsharpend ones do is too much of a generalisation.

Don't get me wrong, I see nothing wrong with faux sgian dubhs, nor do I care if other people wear them; such is their prerogative. What I meant was that I would not carry a faux sgian dubh, because I like to own and possess things that are useful; fashion is a secondary consideration once I have everything I need.

That being said, I actually would wear a sgian dubh that has a bottle-opener in place of any blade, because it is both useful and a good conversation piece. Faux sgian dubhs, on the other hand, are neither useful nor very much of a conversation piece beyond, "why not a real one?"

At any rate, who cares? If it is a special occassion, ornaments are expected, so no complaints from me.

[Jordan]

Don't get me wrong, I see nothing wrong with faux sgian dubhs, nor do I care if other people wear them; such is their prerogative. What I meant was that I would not carry a faux sgian dubh, because I like to own and possess things that are useful; fashion is a secondary consideration once I have everything I need.

That being said, I actually would wear a sgian dubh that has a bottle-opener in place of any blade, because it is both useful and a good conversation piece. Faux sgian dubhs, on the other hand, are neither useful nor very much of a conversation piece beyond, "why not a real one?"

At any rate, who cares? If it is a special occassion, ornaments are expected, so no complaints from me.

Ok I can kinda see what you mean the obviously cheap plastic ones are a bit rubbish. I prefer something which is acctualy useful too thats why Mine is a bottle opener beacuse wandering around with a sharp blade is not going to be apreciated.

I do think we're seeing the same things from different angles, and I agree about the little extra bling for special occasions being a good thing.

Jordan