An evening with the WACKOs

**walkerk** · 21st September 08, 06:24 PM

Last Thursday saw a great turnout of the Seattle WACKOs to greet Madalyn and me for an evening of dining, drinking, and fellowship. Nine kilt-wearing men and two kilt making women made for a tremendous welcome. Here are a few photos of the event. You'll have to provide the names to match the pictures as we were drinking.

The conversations were great but all too short. My thanks to Streetcar for making the arrangements and to all the WACKOs for their gracious hospitality.

Paddy Coyne's

**walkerk** · 21st September 08, 06:27 PM

An very impressive bear-paw sporran.

Obligatory pleat shot.

**ChattanCat** · 21st September 08, 06:53 PM

Isle of sky looks nice. (my wife made me say it).

**Standard** · 21st September 08, 08:20 PM

Looks like quite the rabble gathering there. Sounds like a fun evening. I can only hope someday to be gathered with as many kilties as you had there outside of a Highland Games setting.

**Panache** · 21st September 08, 09:17 PM

Fun photos! Good to know the WACKOS know how to throw a fun evening!

Note to self: plan trip up north!

Cheers

Jamie

**Kilted_John** · 21st September 08, 10:21 PM

Jamie,

Ya better!

Anyway, I flaked out. Didn't really feel like braving Seattle traffic with a greasy engine in the back of my car.

-J

**Highlander31** · 22nd September 08, 05:55 AM

Looks like a good evening. The last time I was in Seattle was in the mid '80's. May be time to travel North again.

**Riverkilt** · 22nd September 08, 07:11 AM

A fine array of tartans and rabble for sure!

Haven't been to Seattle since 1960 as a boy with the Sea Cadet Corps. Got really drunk on a layover. Remember hiding the empties by dropping them out of the YMCA room window into the alley below. Probably owe the City of Seattle some community service amends cleaning up something.

And hey...something new??? WalkerK, your sporran looks "normal" in front but is that an apron type tie in back...puzzling. Yearn for enlightenment. Thanks.

Ron

**fluter** · 22nd September 08, 08:43 AM

Originally Posted by Riverkilt

And hey...something new??? WalkerK, your sporran looks "normal" in front but is that an apron type tie in back...puzzling. Yearn for enlightenment. Thanks.

You'll yearn for something else if you see one of these up close: it's a Ferguson Britt Glengyle sporran. That is the sporran belt that comes with them: see also Tattoo Bradley's badger Glengyle in his Carolina kilt pix.

Ferguson Britt Sporrans fur gallery

Ron, you will likely approve of the newest version, whose leather cantle is 7 inches across.

**walkerk** · 24th September 08, 08:57 PM

Originally Posted by Riverkilt

And hey...something new??? WalkerK, your sporran looks "normal" in front but is that an apron type tie in back...puzzling. Yearn for enlightenment. Thanks.

Hi Ron,

As Fluter noted, it's a Ferguson Britt sporran in natural beaver. There are no metal parts. The "buckle" for the sporran strap is a double thickness of leather with two vertical and one 45-degree punched slots for each end of the strap. The cantle is woven leather and the two side tassels function as hinges. The loop on the center tassel passes in and out through two leather grommets; pulling down on the end of the tassel binds the top tassel to keep the cantle closed.

Here's a close-up: