Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A sgian-dubh is a small, single-blade, Scottish ceremonial knife, usually tucked into kilt hose as part of ...
A Canadian bagpiper who generated huge public support after being fined for carrying a Sgian Dubh 18 months ago has had his case dropped and his knife returned. Jeff McCarthy from Montreal was ...
A pupil has been expelled after they brought a sgian dubh into a private school in Aberdeen. Police were called to Albyn School on Queen's Road in the city after the youngster was caught with the ...
A CANADIAN bagpiper of Scots descent has had his sgian-dubh confiscated and fined for carrying a knife. Kilted Jeff McCarthy was walking down the street in Montreal when police spotted the ceremonial ...
In this video, we'll be making a Scottish Dagger "SGIAN DUBH". Wootz steel is a type of steel that is used to make daggers, swords and other weapons. We'll be using bearing balls to make our dagger, ...
A prominent Canadian bagpiper has won overwhelming public support after police fined the man for carrying a sgian-dubh. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited ...
Jeff McCarthy has his knife back. On Monday, the Montreal bagpiper walked into Police Station 50 on Ste-Catherine St. E., filled out the paperwork and was handed his sgian-dubh (pronounced skee-an do) ...
I NOTE that a piper from Quebec has been fined for wearing a sgian dubh (“A sgian-dubh hullabaloo”, The Herald, November 7). The drummers in a band I know too well avoid such problems by having a ...
A CANADIAN bagpiper of Scots descent has had his sgian-dubh confiscated and fined for carrying a knife. Kilted Jeff McCarthy was walking down the street in Montreal when police spotted the ceremonial ...