Fore & Aft / Deerstalker?

[Bugbear]

Um, if I understand correctly, the Balmoral bonnet has a flat top and is shaped. I seem to remember seeing pictures or paintings of men wearing kilts and they were wearing a blue bonnet that did not have that flat top to it. It looked more like a soft blanket material, and had a globular shape to it. *Kind of rumpled looking.*

I'm just going by memory from when I was a kid, so I may have been misunderstanding what I was seeing. Guess nothing like that is worn today then.

[BoldHighlander]

Um, if I understand correctly, the Balmoral bonnet has a flat top and is shaped. I seem to remember seeing pictures or paintings of men wearing kilts and they were wearing a blue bonnet that did not have that flat top to it. It looked more like a soft blanket material, and had a globular shape to it. *Kind of rumpled looking.*

I'm just going by memory from when I was a kid, so I may have been misunderstanding what I was seeing. Guess nothing like that is worn today then.

Ted, I really think it's the Hummel /Kilmarnock style your thinking of:


Here's an article that Matt Newsome once wrote on it:
http://albanach.org/hummel.htm

Also, while not widely worn these days, except perhaps by living historians /reenactors (& a few XMarkers ), you can order one from the Scottish Tartan Museum or from Kirstie Buckland (check out her Hummel & Knitting bonnets, basically one & the same - one w/pom & one without).

Hope this helps