Balmoral or Beret ?

[NWTkilts]

First off, a big hello from a new member from the NWT, Canada who is attending uni in Alberta!

Now, on to headgear.

I used to have a Balmoral, but it was stolen from atop my head in a crowd (I suppose I made someone jealous?). Alack.

So in the interim of getting a new one I wear a donegal tweed cap which goes fine with my Black Watch kilt. I also have a Glengarry for more formal occasions (such as my run in with the royals in Yellowknife this year).

I've never worn a beret with my kilt before, mostly because I've always had better options (better to my mind I mean). I have a burgundy beret that fits me, and a pale blue UN beret that was my fathers (and thus is way too small for me). Neither of which compliment the dark green of the Black Watch.

I would personally opt for a donegal tweed cap before I'd resort to a beret (of course, there is nothing wrong with letting them free scottish locks blow in the wind ). I'm sure that they would be relatively easy to acquire in the U.S. and Canada in any decent hat shop (not those crap ball-cap vendors you see in malls mind you).

-Reiss, Kruger by birth, MacDonald by ancestry.

[GMcNab]

I use the tourie as a mark of distinction because of my experience of berets as being worn by a part of the South African Army I disliked intensely, whereas in my regiment all the headgear had touries.
When my tammie was issued to me, I lost no time at all in “losing” my beret!
Regards,
Mike

I have a small collection of berets from my time in the UK Armed Forces (my branch of the Army adopted the headdress of the unit it was attached to so blue, black and khaki berets were worn). I still view them with a degree of pride, but stick to wearing a tam this days.