taking a Sgian Dubh to greece with me?

bwatt00

getting married in a few months in lindos,greece and i be wearing my kilt outfit i got the other day,i was wondering what the rules where as to taking a Sgian Dubh as part of the dress,the guy who i got the outfit from said i would not be able to take this with me,but then im sure i read online that you can take this as long as its not in the hand luggage,it would be nice to be able to take this with me as part of my outfit,but then i would not want it taken off me cause its not allowed have any issues,if its in the case in the hold is there a problem?

Owain_Moneysaver

I don't know about airline rules (or Greek law about carrying knives) but you can get 'fake' sgian dubhs with blunt 'blades' for exactly this reason.

bwatt00

fake wonder where i get them from

booter

spotted this thread (old though!) about carrying knives in Greece
http://www.britishblades.com/forums/showthread.php?11650-Greece-and-Turkey-carry-laws
don't know about carrying in hold luggage though - you'd have to check with whichever airline you're using.
HTH

Owain_Moneysaver

bwatt00 wrote: »

fake wonder where i get them from

a google for safety sgian dhu produces loads of results.

You can get them including bottle openers, decorative and useful

http://www.rainnea.com/safety-sgian-dubhs.htm at the expensive end of the market. Or about a tenner on ebay.

bwatt00

so the question here is are you allowed to take these overseas with you as long as they are in your suitcase in hold,do they scan the case and say hold on that looks like a knife lets take this further,i was gonna buy a fake one but my mother today from a indoor market was selling these things but had clued the knife into its holder i wonder if this would still be a problem or if this be ok as its clued so cant be used anyone know?
What the worst that could happen they take it off me?

fawny

Hi,

Why don't you just ring your airline & ask they are the only ones who can say for certain.

slbhill

You can carry a knife (Scottish or otherwise!) in your suitcase, that's not a problem. As someone else pointed out, when you actually wear it you may need to be careful with the law about carrying knives in the place you're going to.

When my OH has flown in his kilt outfit he has worn a bottle opener sgian dubh instead of the real one. Security still tried to confiscate it at first :rotfl: Pretty much any shop that sells real ones will sell dummy ones too. Dummy ones are less likely to get you in trouble with the police too, but I'm told that's not the point!