Dirk

[macwilkin]

Cheap as it is, I don't want it confiscated when I wear it to Burns Night.

Will -- what venue would prohibit dirks, etc. at a Burns Night? No one has ever said anything to us at the local hotel where we have ours, and we usually have several dirks, broadswords for the Haggis escort, and of course, a fair amout of sgain dubhs.

Cheers,

Todd

[prattw]

Will -- what venue would prohibit dirks, etc. at a Burns Night? No one has ever said anything to us at the local hotel where we have ours, and we usually have several dirks, broadswords for the Haggis escort, and of course, a fair amout of sgain dubhs.

Todd,

The organization holding the Burns Night, unlikely. But here in Las Vegas, for instance, the St. Andrews Society holds our Burns Night in a restaurant or club (The Italian-American Club, of all things, last year and this.) Some such venues have guards for such functions and they are apt to get nervous about an eleven inch blade. Blades being used in an obvious ceremony are generally exempt, but blades carried by attendees might not be.

A lot depends upon the individual guard. This June I had a guard at a public library branch ask about my sgian dhu at the entry station for a highland dance competition. (I was a spectator, not a dancer.) A brief history of the sguin dhu, discussion of the relative recency of usable folding blades, and the sgian dhu's historic function as a general small working knife defused the situation. Had it been a dirk, I think I'd have been locking it back in the van, if it hadn't been taken with instructions on where I could pick it up.

(Personally I only wear my dirk to renfaire and at formal functions or when occasionally serving in a color guard.)

Will

[flyv65]

Todd,

The organization holding the Burns Night, unlikely. But here in Las Vegas, for instance, the St. Andrews Society holds our Burns Night in a restaurant or club (The Italian-American Club, of all things, last year and this.) Some such venues have guards for such functions and they are apt to get nervous about an eleven inch blade. Blades being used in an obvious ceremony are generally exempt, but blades carried by attendees might.

So it's a question of acceptance by the facility hosting the function for you, since it seems you've got practically no carry restrictions in Vegas, or Nevada for that matter. Check out :

http://www.thehighroad.org/library/b...knifelaws.html

...and then check with your local PD for confirmation.

Bryan...I wandered into a 7/11 in Bozeman, MT one time with an 11-inch Bowie knife on my hip (I'd been camping and forgot about it). Nobody looked twice...

[GlassMan]

Here in Virginia it is actually rather silly.

Virginia allows open-carry of handguns. As long as it is not concealed and not being worn into a court or the legislature you can carry a pistol on your hip. There was a big thing in the paper about that a few months ago.

But the same law that explicitly allows handguns to be carried openly also SPECIFICALLY bans the carrying of dirks by name, either concealed or unconcealed. How silly is that?

[prattw]

So it's a question of acceptance by the facility hosting the function for you, since it seems you've got practically no carry restrictions in Vegas, or Nevada for that matter. Check out :

http://www.thehighroad.org/library/b...knifelaws.html

...and then check with your local PD for confirmation.

Bryan...I wandered into a 7/11 in Bozeman, MT one time with an 11-inch Bowie knife on my hip (I'd been camping and forgot about it). Nobody looked twice...

In all states there is a lot of leeway granted to the individual peace officer at public gatherings. And let's be fair, most rent-a-cops and moonlighting Real Cops have a lot more experience with rock concerts, where letting people carry knives with 11 inch blades would be a Real Bad Idea than with Burns Suppers.

Will