Beautiful piece Mark, and one can ponder on the original owner being so proud to carry this upon his person.
Beautiful piece Mark, and one can ponder on the original owner being so proud to carry this upon his person.
I have no knowledge of these dirks what so ever, but I must say that it is
a beautiful piece.Congratulations.
gregM
Live to ride -- Ride to live
I was addicted to the "Hokey-Pokey" but I've turned
myself around.
Why aren't you one of them?
I could easily have been as A&SH were always my preferred Scottish regiment. Although born in England (As was Lt Col "Mad" Mitchell of Aden fame) as it turns out I have 33% Scots DNAby Anderson
Why aren't you one of them?
and I remember as a boy being enthralled by the tales of the Aden emergency as well as being a fervent supporter of the 1971 "Save the Argylls" campaign that was very prevalent in my home area of Lancashire and England as a whole at the time of the Governments disgraceful scheme to disband them and get rid of Mitchell because of his actions in Aden.
As it goes I ended up joining the Parachute Regiment followed the the Royal Military Police, neither of which was a bad choice! However, it has been said that I "have the legs for a kilt", never too sure if that was a compliment
Regards
Mark
PS Pub quiz trivia - because of the tassels on their sporrans the A&SH are known as "The swinging six"
Last edited by Watchdog; 02-11-2023 at 02:17 PM. Reason: typo
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