I got lucky quite a bit I won't kid you there. I was able to source my tartan from Scottish Tartan Museum (one of the XMTS Partners). They just happened to have 4yrds of the right sett of ancient MacGregor (luck!).

Secondly for my feather bonnet, there was a band about an hour away that was changing from a parade band to a concert band and was surplusing older uniforms and they had one feather bonnet left. I was buying regardless if it fit or not lol. I was also able to pick up new never worn hose tops, 2 white belts, and two doublets that were way too small (I had grand thoughts of making patterns to make my own - ha ha), and the grand total for all this? Well not to brag but I was able to get all that for less than what I eventually paid for my doublet. They were just happy to see the uniform parts to be worn again.


Hey wait a second ... What is your jacket size? I still have one doublet in my possession ... It's red with blue cuffs and white piping. Decent shape but its way too small for me.