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[JSFMACLJR]

My tailor in Belfast was quite adamant about not sending a bit of Tweed to Bates until I explained that it was for a motoring cap... not something to be worn out shooting.

Ah, another Bates man! I have a trilby and several tweed caps from Bates. Love their shop on Jermyn Street.

[MacLowlife]

Cowher,

I believe you have a good point- if you are doing some kind of shooting / hunting that doesn't require you to crawl through things or to walk around a lot in the heat, then a nice tweed suit ought to work nicely. I believe the hose worn with Plus Fours/breeks/ knickers closely resemble the ones worn with a kilt. Assuming your knees are not in danger, I believe you could remove the knee length trousers and put on a kilt. I think Matthew Newsome has a kilt length shooting jacket.

On a related topic, I believe it is usual for gentlemen in the UK to wear a necktie while shooting. Not so long ago, you would see men in hunting photos in the US wearing one, too. Again, it depends on the game. I have worn a bow tie while shooting (at) bobwhites.

[Jock Scot]

A fairly typical bunch of British shooters out and about partridge shooting in early autumn, you will note a tie around each neck and is the accepted norm. Indeed shooting hose and kilt hose are one and the same thing for me.

[creagdhubh]

Just superb, Jock.

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

Jock, did you ever get your 20 bore? (I'm still saving for a round action.)

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

Ah, another Bates man! I have a trilby and several tweed caps from Bates. Love their shop on Jermyn Street.

You know, of course, that they are gone from their dusty shop at 21a Jermyn Street-- turfed out, along with Binks, the stuffed cat, by the Crown Estate Agents who are redeveloping Jermyn Street, bringing it into the modern age... why, I ask myself. *sigh*

I think they closed their doors in February of last year... bringing the country just step closer to becoming Quaint Britain.