Originally Posted by
odysseios
Hi from an italian enthusiast of the celtic culture and history (mainly irish)!
My tam o'shanter is not made by tweed, but is also a Mossie Croft realization.
Laurie made for me a very good job: a repro of the tam worn by the terrible Auxiliaries of the police (often named "Black and Tans") in the irish independence war of the 20s, as you can see on some movies ("The wind that shakes the barley", "Michael Collins").
Rifle green colour, badge and red flash were copied from an original one.
I like the size of the crown/body of yours, it reminds me of my WPG WW1/WW2 style tam 
[SIZE="2"][FONT="Georgia"][COLOR="DarkGreen"][B][I]T. E. ("TERRY") HOLMES[/I][/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE="1"][FONT="Georgia"][COLOR="DarkGreen"][B][I]proud descendant of the McReynolds/MacRanalds of Ulster & Keppoch, Somerled & Robert the Bruce.[/SIZE]
[SIZE="1"]"Ah, here comes the Bold Highlander. No @rse in his breeks but too proud to tug his forelock..." Rob Roy (1995)[/I][/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]
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