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22nd October 13, 11:19 AM
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Military Tam Trick
Just thought I'd share something I hadn't seen on the forums yet. My dad was Argyll & Sutherlands and does this trick with his tam where he cuts out a piece of cardboard and stitches it on the inside so that when worn the badge stands perfectly vertical (probably one of those uniform tweaking before inspection tricks). I prefer the slouchier look myself but have to admit, it does make the tam look very smart.
"There's nothing that restores your faith more in human nature than meeting some poor bastard that's just as mad as yourself." - Rab C. Nesbitt
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22nd October 13, 12:15 PM
#2
Interesting trick, I may have to try that with one of mine.
Cheers...Bill
"Good judgement comes from experience, and experience
well, that comes from poor judgement."
A. A. Milne
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22nd October 13, 01:05 PM
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For many years I've use a similar trick with my Coast Guard uniform shirts. A piece of cardboard behind the fabric tightens up the excessive slop in the pins of my name tag, award ribbons, and my wings, giving the shirt a cleaner, "speedier" look.
KEN CORMACK
Clan Buchanan
U.S. Coast Guard, Retired
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, USA
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22nd October 13, 02:07 PM
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I've got a couple of caubeens where that is part of the regular bonnet construction, although stiff fabric instead of cardboard. It does make it look rakish.
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22nd October 13, 07:01 PM
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What we often did when I was in the regiment was use an old expired credit card, or library card. Now-a-days I suppose you could use a used up gift card that has been cut to be slightly larger than the cap badge and fastened inside the head dress.
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23rd October 13, 01:46 AM
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When I was in the Royal Air Force, our berets came with a fibreboard backing as standard.
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23rd October 13, 06:58 AM
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 Originally Posted by Chas
When I was in the Royal Air Force, our berets came with a fibreboard backing as standard.
in the 1966/73 period my RAF beret had a stiffener that was like the stuff they used to make old circuit boards from. It was not fiber and it was not plastic, but had a feel of something in between. I actually thought that someone had taken an old radio apart and cut a piece of circuit board for it.
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23rd October 13, 09:02 AM
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Mine has a length of coat hanger wire bent into a square.
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23rd October 13, 10:27 AM
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Our regiment preferred the "slouchier" look when I was in it. I remember once using a coat hanger inside the balmoral to give it what I thought was a very rakish look. Next parade, my sergeant took one look at it, said "What the hell is that!", demanded my balmoral, reached inside and took out the coat hanger, and threw it down the parade square!
"Touch not the cat bot a glove."
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2nd November 13, 06:28 AM
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It's interesting, these various things that are done in different units, to get a certain "look".
I've noticed that nowadays some of the Scottish battalions have their TOS's blocked in an odd way:
And the Black Watch have their own extra-small bonnet
Last edited by OC Richard; 2nd November 13 at 06:41 AM.
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