Headwear

**McAlaskan** · 18th January 08, 07:57 PM

Originally Posted by Chef

There is a lot being said with that outfit. It's like wearing your autobiography.

Thank you sir, its who I am

**Jack Daw** · 19th January 08, 08:49 AM

I liked the Caubeen bonnets at GlengarryHats.com so much I ordered one this morning.

**turpin** · 19th January 08, 09:43 AM

I prefer my dark khaki beret from What Price Glory. Canadian surplus, Leather headband, nicely lined, goes with everything.

**Robertson** · 19th January 08, 10:02 AM

I vote balmoral, have 5 of them.

**auld argonian** · 19th January 08, 10:08 AM

Originally Posted by turpin

I prefer my dark khaki beret from What Price Glory. Canadian surplus, Leather headband, nicely lined, goes with everything.

I have to insist on the lined berets...they are a whole lot nicer than their unlined brethren. The guy at the military surplus store thinks that I'm being way too picky but what does he know?

Best

AA

**SFCRick** · 19th January 08, 05:59 PM

Love the Horns look Riverkilt

**Jack Daw** · 20th January 08, 12:41 PM

Originally Posted by Panache

Chef,

From discussions elsewhere I have determined that a pith helmet would work with a safari style khaki shirt and khaki hose at a Highland Game in the same way that wearing a Jacobite shirt works at one. The look is far too theatrical for regular daywear but at a festive (hot and sunny) celebration of things Scottish I think it would be fine. The reason I'm considering this is that I'm getting tired of getting sunburned, also one never knows when one might bump into Livingston at a Highland Games...

Cheers

Jamie

So-called Jacobite shirts (with the shoestring or leather thong lace-up) are not really period accurate; so, it is, in effect, a costume shirt, as far as I am concerned. When I did re-enactments I found out the hard way after purchasing 2 or 3 of them. So, I gave them to my nephew for his Dungeon & Dragons role-playing.

BTW, a pith helmut may give you shade, but in the hot sun, they make your brain boil. A straw cowboy will keep you cool.

**Jack Daw** · 20th January 08, 01:13 PM

Originally Posted by turpin

I prefer my dark khaki beret from What Price Glory. Canadian surplus, Leather headband, nicely lined, goes with everything.

I have visited WPG's SCOTTISH LIST many times and desire the khaki drill service dress tunic as a part of a piping uniform. But, WPG has been out of stock on this tunic for quite sometime.

BTW, I bought my 22 oz Black Watch kilt indirectly from WPG. Not long after a buddy bought it, he feared losing his job and immediately sold it to me! Fortunately, my friend did not lose his job, and I fortunately got the kilt at a slightly cheaper discount.

**orangehaggis** · 20th January 08, 09:27 PM

Wow, I've missed a lot since I've been away!

The way I see it, kilt-appropriate headgear falls into the categories below:

Smart: Glengarry, Balmoral, Atholl (worn by drummers of the RSDG in No. 1 and No.2 Dress, and by the Drum Major of the P&D of the now defunct KOSB, and currently worn by flute bands throughout Northern Ireland!) and stiffened Kilmarnock bonnets (worn by the Royal Company of Archers). Maybe proper wool slouch hats and pith helmets in warm weather.

Casual: Tams- knitted and fabric, well worn balmorals, slouch hats, Tilleys, boonie hats, straw hats in warm weather. Cowboy hats, baseball caps, etc., as long as the wearer understands that this will CLEARLY mark him (rightly or wrongly) as an American!

Cold weather: a profusely fulled knit tam is good for most of the weather experienced in Ohio, where I live, but I imagine a British/Canadian style muskrat cap with ear flaps (and a clan badge affixed to the front, perhaps?) wouldn't look all bad. A friend of mine in Canada wears a "woolly" cap (stocking cap), but these RARELY look good in any situation.

Specialty headgear: Fezzes for shriners ... ?

Caubeens: The only traditional Irish kilted cap (of Highland Scots invention). The caubeen is the only piece of headgear issued to pipers in the Irish reg'ts of the British army. From shirtsleeve order to No. 1 dress - that's it!

I think I would reserve driving/country flat caps for trousered wear ... I wear one with a tweed sportcoat and moleskin trousers and just don't like the look of it with the kilt. I know many others here disagree with me, but it can't be argued that there are more traditional options for casual wear.

Mark - Ohio

**orangehaggis** · 20th January 08, 09:29 PM

It's my understanding that dicing was added to bunnets to match the hose as well. The black cockade (ribbon) on which the cap badge is placed on most smart bunnets IS a symbol of allegiance to the crown. Whist Jacobites wore a white cockade, Hanoverian soldiers wore black cockades on their hats ... and do to this very day!

Mark - Ohio