Wearing a basket hilt.?.

GG · 8th February 11, 09:27 PM

Each to his own. Wearing a weapon as a civilian is against my European way of thinking. I don't even wear a knife, and if a sgian dubh, which is very seldom, it is made of plastic.

**Dale Seago** · 8th February 11, 10:19 PM

Originally Posted by GG

Each to his own. Wearing a weapon as a civilian is against my European way of thinking. I don't even wear a knife, and if a sgian dubh, which is very seldom, it is made of plastic.

No problem at all from where I sit. Your comment however obliges me to point out that the civilian/military distinction tends to blur when the society you're modeling things on was essentially a warrior aristocracy, as was the case with the Gael.

GG · 9th February 11, 12:30 AM

Originally Posted by Dale Seago

Your comment however obliges me to point out that the civilian/military distinction tends to blur when the society you're modeling things on was essentially a warrior aristocracy, as was the case with the Gael.

I do see your point.

But if I should wear a weapon - or just a knife with a blade extending 7 cm (2 3/4 inch) - it should qualify me to a stay in prison.

**Dale Seago** · 9th February 11, 01:08 AM

Originally Posted by GG

I do see your point.

But if I should wear a weapon - or just a knife with a blade extending 7 cm (2 3/4 inch) - it should qualify me to a stay in prison.

And I totally see yours.

Wearing a "functional" sgian dubh (that is, one with a real cutting edge as well as a sharp point) in Japan with my kilt could bring exactly the same result.

Although I have done that in Japan, more than once, (and as recently as this past December) and gotten away with it because I was among, shall we say, a weapons-friendly group of people.