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    Quote Originally Posted by Nathan View Post
    I posted this to another thread about the tartan, but there's obviously at least white on his cockade.

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    My bonnet was a military TOS so it had no cockade on it at all. I also have a lovat blue bonnet by Robert Mackey with a self coloured toorie and cockade for a more subdued look.
    Subdued is the usual way to go.

    I know your eyes are much younger than mine, but with the picture "blown up to 400X" I can see no white cockade. I can see the white of the eagle feather quill where it sticks into the bonnet though.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jock Scot View Post
    Subdued is the usual way to go.

    I know your eyes are much younger than mine, but with the picture "blown up to 400X" I can see no white cockade. I can see the white of the eagle feather quill where it sticks into the bonnet though.
    The white I'm looking at is lower than that it appears to be a white St. Andrew's cross behind his circlet.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Nathan View Post
    The white I'm looking at is lower than that it appears to be a white St. Andrew's cross behind his circlet.
    Try as I might, I don't see what you see, but then, your eyes are younger than mine. Dammit!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jock Scot View Post
    Try as I might, I don't see what you see, but then, your eyes are younger than mine. Dammit!
    Are you clicking the image to get the higher resolution version before blowing it up?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Nathan View Post
    The white I'm looking at is lower than that it appears to be a white St. Andrew's cross behind his circlet.
    I agree. I can see it, but I did have to look closely!

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    I like it!

    I think most know that I like livery cockades though.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Harold Cannon View Post
    I like it!

    I think most know that I like livery cockades though.
    I saw one you made when I google image searched for one. Very nice indeed. Was this ever a widespread practice?
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    Sorry; can't imagine wearing a slice of liver on my bonnet. The dogs would surely like it though!
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