Bamoral tails (or no balmoral)?

[auld argonian]

I recall having read somewhere that the state of the ribbons had something to do with the wearer's marital/availability status. Not sure which was which but it was knot vs. blowing freely in the highland breeze....that's a tough one to figure out, isn't it?

I'm not sure about this...but I guarantee that someone on the forum does and will chime in presently.

Best

AA

[macwilkin]

I recall having read somewhere that the state of the ribbons had something to do with the wearer's marital/availability status. Not sure which was which but it was knot vs. blowing freely in the highland breeze....that's a tough one to figure out, isn't it?

I'm not sure about this...but I guarantee that someone on the forum does and will chime in presently.

Best

AA

Legend/tradition says that the married gent ties his ribbons up in a bow, while the bachelor leaves his ribbons hanging down -- on the balmoral, not the glengarry -- the latter's ribbons should always be untied. What the source is of all this -- well, I haven't the foggiest! :mrgreen:

Cheers,

Todd

[McClef]

Legend/tradition says that the married gent ties his ribbons up in a bow, while the bachelor leaves his ribbons hanging down -- on the balmoral, not the glengarry -- the latter's ribbons should always be untied. What the source is of all this -- well, I haven't the foggiest! :mrgreen:

Cheers,

Todd

Hmm in these days of divorce what happens then?

[Robin]

Hmm in these days of divorce what happens then?

That's probably why the ribbons are tied in a bow...an angry (almost) ex wife might use the ribbons to strangle her hubby :rolleyes:

[turpin]

Legend/tradition says that the married gent ties his ribbons up in a bow, while the bachelor leaves his ribbons hanging down -- on the balmoral, not the glengarry -- the latter's ribbons should always be untied. What the source is of all this -- well, I haven't the foggiest! :mrgreen:

Cheers,

Todd

As to original source I can't say, but Thompson discusses it in his book. That's where I learned about it.

Anyone have instructions on tying a flat, side to side bow? I ended up stitching my tails.

[Cawdorian]

The tails on my pet black balmoral are tied in a bow, it takes several tries and some some experimentation to get them tied in an acceptable bow.

[pdcorlis]

I have a deep navy blue Balmoral and wear it whenever the temperatures are cool enough. As for tails - I like em untied.

[Macman]

I leave mine untied too; just habit, I guess, since I'm married .

[Joe Gondek]

I'm no expert But:

In Thompson's Book "So your'e going to wear the kilt"
this book is sort of the unofficial guide to Kilt wearing in the U.S.

Thompson states that they should be tied up in a bow and the ends trimmed short. He futher says that to leave them long and trailing behind your head
makes you look like a school girl.

But He is gone now and things may have changed
thats why Hamish needs to write a new book or at least make a video