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Turns out the sgian-dubh isn’t such a big deal after all.

The Montreal bagpiper who was ticketed by police for carrying the ceremonial knife will see the item returned to him and the case dropped.

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Jeff McCarthy announced the news Friday evening on Facebook.

“Ticket cancelled. I’ll be getting my knife back,” he posted. “Prosecutor doesn’t want to press on with this. THE END. VIVE L’ÉCOSSE.” The post was punctuated with a symbol of the Scottish flag.

One of the city’s best-known bagpipers, McCarthy was wearing a kilt when he was approached by police on a break from performing at a McGill University convocation ceremony at Place des Arts in November, 2016.

He was given a $221 ticket for wearing a sgian-dubh (pronounced skin-do), a small knife that is a common accessory for men in traditional Scottish dress, tucked into the kilt hose on his leg.

“I was pretty shocked and surprised because I’ve been playing the pipes for almost 27 years and I’ve never been stopped for carrying a sgian-dubh,” McCarthy told the Montreal Gazette at the time.

McCarthy was prepared to fight the ticket, but it turns out he won’t have to.

Reached Saturday morning, he preferred not to comment on the matter until he received an official letter stating that the case was being dropped.

He did, however, issue this response to a comment on his Facebook post: “We will definitely be working to see the municipal bylaw adjusted to look somewhat like… UK legislation.”