Thinking of nabbing a bonnet

**Andrew Green** · 29th August 06, 07:41 PM

Hey guys,
I'll say I have an itch to get a bonnet, one to go with more modern dress.
This will likely be a Balmoral style.
The other, being an older style, similar to what is offered at the Tartan Museum... blue of course.
Does anyone own one of the older style bonnets from the Museum? There is no provision for putting in hat measurements/head size, so I dunno if these are one size fits all, elastic banded, or if they are older fashioned, and adjusted with a ribbon. I know I should email and ask... but I have sent a hgih volume of inquiries that way already... and I would like to avoid being a royal pain in the a$$.
Any input is great.

**Bob C** · 29th August 06, 07:55 PM

I've been thinking of a bonnet, too. I've got a black Balmoral with a red toorie, but I don't like it with my daywear outfits. I'm looking at these two bonnets from www.glengarryhats.com:

"Special Forces" green Balmoral:

or Irish Caubeen, also in green:

My black Balmoral is not adjustable. I don't know about the ones from Matt Newsome's museum.

**Panache** · 29th August 06, 08:30 PM

That Irish Caubeen would look so good with an Irish National Tartan Kilt!

Cheers

**Andrew Green** · 29th August 06, 08:37 PM

Heh...
except I don't need an excuse to buy another kilt. I've already got a few things on order... including some accessories... now I just want to branch out a bit. I might even be ordering another kilt, if all the circumstances happen to fall right... just cause there is a special on the cloth (ok not JUST a special, there are a couple other factors).

**turpin** · 29th August 06, 08:40 PM

Originally Posted by Bob C.

I've been thinking of a bonnet, too. I've got a black Balmoral with a red toorie, but I don't like it with my daywear outfits. I'm looking at these two bonnets from www.glengarryhats.com:

"Special Forces" green Balmoral:

or Irish Caubeen, also in green:

My black Balmoral is not adjustable. I don't know about the ones from Matt Newsome's museum.

Is your black balmoral from this webiste? how do you like it. I really like the look of the SF green balmoral. just need a tape measure for my head.

**Bob C** · 29th August 06, 09:13 PM

Originally Posted by turpin

Is your black balmoral from this webiste? how do you like it.

No, I bought it on Ebay. It's a standard black Balmoral with no dicing. It's a nice enough hat. The problem is, a black hat does not go with anything I wear outdoors, and it's bad form to wear it indoors with my Prince Charlie. Consequently, I never wear it.

I have a lovat green Argyll Jacket and there's dark green in my best kilt, so I'm thinking one of those green bonnets would be a good choice.

**Cawdorian** · 30th August 06, 05:44 AM

I've got a black balmoral with a red toorie and red and white dicing that is sized. I think the bonnet offered by the museum gift shop is adjusted by loosening or tightening the ribbon.

**turpin** · 30th August 06, 08:01 PM

Originally Posted by Bob C.

I've been thinking of a bonnet, too. I've got a black Balmoral with a red toorie, but I don't like it with my daywear outfits. I'm looking at these two bonnets from www.glengarryhats.com:

"Special Forces" green Balmoral:

or Irish Caubeen, also in green:

My black Balmoral is not adjustable. I don't know about the ones from Matt Newsome's museum.

I just pulled the trigger on the SF green. The prices are the best i've seen on balmorals, as long as the quality is anywhere near what the owner claims.

**Andrew Green** · 31st August 06, 12:51 AM

That WWI Canadian khaki looks really nice. I might have to bookmark that page for a later-date purchase.

MacWage: Yup, that's the bonnet that I'm thinkling of. So it's tied to fit, this is the second or third time someone has mentioned that. I will say it's encouraging. I get paid on Friday...guess what I'm buying?
Ha ha ha. Thanks for the input, and the links!

**A Hay** · 31st August 06, 09:13 AM

Andrew,

I just received a Canadian Khaki balmoral from glengary and I would say in my opinion it is quite a bit more dark brown than it appears in their on-line picture, at least on my monitor.

I didn't send it back, but it was not what I was looking for to wear with khaki slacks and a brown leather jacket.

It was made in Pakistan, but the quality was decent. Also, it seemed about a half size smaller than I expected.

My next one will be from the scotland yard. They advertise a "fawn" color, but don't show a picture in that color.

Not trying to dissuade you, but this was my experience with two different companies.

Tom