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[Macman]

A bonnet without a toorie? It's no a bonnet!

[cacunn]

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[mcvarmit]

Forgive me if I've missed it but do you have any pics of the Glenn's you're making? I've been wanting a glenn for backpacking and camping but with summer upon me, i didn't want to shell out the bucks for a wool one until the winter returns.

Mr. Cavscout, i will have to figure out how to use photobucket again to post pic's on XMarks. i'al work on it.

semper fi

McVarmit

[Jack Daw]

Its called a French Beret.

...Or, an Irish caubeen, boyo.

[cacunn]

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[macwilkin]

Only if it has the extra bump on the side.

No, a caubeen and a beret are two different creatures.

The modern military beret comes from two inspirations: the Scottish bonnet and the beret of the French Chasseur Apline Regiments of the First World War. And I'm sure the basques will get a nod as well.

T.

[thescot]

Berets come from the Basque. The British adopted the beret for their tank companies a long time ago, and they've taken off with many military units since because they're cheap and easy to handle. Try sticking a framed hat in your pocket.

The toorie is part of a proper bonnet, and it's sad to see that so many folks object to it. It was originally what was left over after knitting a wool bonnet, and today it's part of both bonnets and tam-o-shanters.

I prefer having the toorie and bonnet the same color, but I own some on which the toorie is red while the bonnet is navy blue, balmoral and glengarry.

If you prefer a beret, so be it. Wear it. I sometimes do myself, but I don't confuse a beret with a bonnet. I have British berets (REME) and even a French Foreign Legion beret which I love, but I do not confuse them with bonnets or tams, each of which has a proper toorie. Wear your bonnet with pride, toorie and all.

Oh, well. To each his own. Just thought I'd ramble a bit.

[Bugbear]

Guess I don't mind a toorie on a bonnet, but the color issue might bother me. I thought I saw a tam with more of a button of some sort the other day, and that was kind of interesting.
Anyway, I like headwear that can be folded up like most of the ones talked about...
Perhaps removable/interchangeable toories might be a nice thing. It seems like someone was doing that with velcro a while back.

[McClef]

Torrie is a professional model - it's a toorie.

[Bugbear]

Torrie is a professional model - it's a toorie.

Sorry McClef. I had noticed the two different spellings, for example, in thescot's post. The thread title and some of the posts are spelling it "Torrie," though. I was confused so went with the thread title spelling.

That being said, I am going to go change my spelling from "torrie" to "toorie" in my other post.
Thanks.