OT- Hugh MacKay, Aye

Paul make swords for a living and is a world-class fencing master. He and Kristin live in Edinburgh. Paul makes historically accurate swords for people, gives lessons and demos all over the world. If interested, you can access www.historicalfencing.org/Macdonaldacademy/master.htm. Paul is originally from a little town called Glenuig, near the Isle of Skye. His folks, Simon and Irene Macdonald, still live there and own a smokehouse where they smoke salmon, trout, duck, cheese, you name it, and sell it worldwide via their internet site. Very delicious stuff. Simon is at www.smokedproduce.com.

Where in Scotland are you, or your family, from, Hugh? Hope I'm not telling tales out of school, but BillyinStoughton on this site is Scottish as well. His family is a sept of the Gunn clan. He's another kilt-wearer, literally.

Sorry for going on, but we're pretty proud to be a new part of the Macdonald clan.

David

I've never had a kilt on in my life much less the sword, so Mike can hang up the phone. Mike and I have met on several ocasions, thus I can only assume he has a vivid imagination. I expect I would look rather scary with no hair, kilt and sword, gosh that even scares me.

My wife was a Campbell and her ancestors came from the Isle of Skye. The Campbells and the Macdonalds were not exceptionally close friends. If you believe history the Campbells supposedly murdered the entire clam Macdonald. Somehow I don't believe history as Macdonalds will still outnumber Campbells in most North American phone directories. Must have been a lot on noise, no substance.

Isn't he the lad who advocates the use of swinging drawbars? Not takin' this notion one bit further..... ..... ..

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