Balmoral purchase

**Father Bill** · 13th January 20, 06:07 PM

Okay, it arrived late this afternoon and here it is:

Interestingly, it has a quilted lining - the last one I got from Ian was lined, but not quilted.

I'm using the non-clan badge I have in my drawer. It's dear old St. Andrew, and with that, this hat will be used largely in my role as Padre to the Legion and Cadets.

Hope you like it fellows. I do. I'm not clipping the ribbons for now, but maybe later....

Cheers all!

**revdpatience** · 14th January 20, 11:46 AM

Very handsome bonnet, Padre!

**ShaunMaxwell** · 14th January 20, 01:51 PM

Originally Posted by Father Bill

Hope you like it fellows. I do. I'm not clipping the ribbons for now, but maybe later....

Cheers all!

Or tie them in a bow!

(image from the J. Higgins site)

Cheers,

SM

**Me cousin Jack** · 14th January 20, 03:17 PM

Or throw em over your shoulder 😁

**plaid preacher** · 15th January 20, 11:52 AM

Originally Posted by Me cousin Jack

Or throw em over your shoulder 😁

Cousin Jack, do you mean, like a continental soldier?

**OC Richard** · 18th January 20, 07:08 AM

I do shudder a bit when the topic of Pakistani or Indian bonnets comes up, because I see things like this all the time

but the GlengarryHats bonnets aren't like that, and the ones I've seen have looked quite passable.

A cool thing about GlengarryHats is that they offer/offered bonnets in a number of unusual colour-combinations that I haven't seen any Scottish maker produce.

I want to get a Balmoral in these colours, combining Navy Blue and Royal Blue.

About the ribbons in the back of a Balmoral, here are my two Mackie hats from the 1980s that I still wear regularly. On my Balmoral I cheated: I removed the ribbon, tied it into a neat bow, and sewed it back on. (This photo was taken to show the different Clan cap badges made especially for each type of hat.)

**Father Bill** · 18th January 20, 07:17 AM

Agreed on the quality.

Re: the ribbons, I did that with my last one. I'm thinking of leaving them for now just for a change.

**Arnot** · 18th January 20, 08:36 AM

Originally Posted by Father Bill

I'm thinking of leaving them for now just for a change.

Mine are generally tied, but I got the last one with loose ribbons for a change as well.

**Arnot** · 18th January 20, 08:40 AM

Originally Posted by OC Richard

A cool thing about GlengarryHats is that they offer/offered bonnets in a number of unusual colour-combinations that I haven't seen any Scottish maker produce.

I want to get a Balmoral in these colours, combining Navy Blue and Royal Blue.

Robert Mackie will make bonnets like this. I deal with them regularly and have asked them to make unusual combinations of colors with no issues.

**OC Richard** · 22nd January 20, 06:02 AM

Originally Posted by Arnot

Robert Mackie will make bonnets like this. I deal with them regularly and have asked them to make unusual combinations of colors with no issues.

Good to know! I hadn't seen a Mackie in those colours, while I did see that very hat offered on GlengarryHats (but I don't see it on their site any more).