Khaki-Brown Balmoral?

**tulloch** · 8th May 10, 06:24 AM

I have the WPG tam. Wonderful. They are great to deal with. I got a nice, reasonably priced heavy pair of kilt hose that I love. I have the Gordon Highlander kilt. Wow! Great stuff so far.

**Jock Scot** · 8th May 10, 06:42 AM

You know what you want Terry and good luck to you. I could not help having a smile---laugh even----, as poor old Chris(Redshank) had to(well he did not HAVE to, but he very kindly did) go half way round Scotland to Mackie's and get my new bonnet "crown"(?) made smaller!

**Redshank** · 8th May 10, 07:26 AM

Originally Posted by Jock Scot

You know what you want Terry and good luck to you. I could not help having a smile---laugh even----, as poor old Chris(Redshank) had to(well he did not HAVE to, but he very kindly did) go half way round Scotland to Mackie's and get my new bonnet "crown"(?) made smaller!

All part of the service Jock, a happy customer is a good customer

**BoldHighlander** · 9th May 10, 08:42 PM

Originally Posted by Jock Scot

You know what you want Terry and good luck to you. I could not help having a smile---laugh even----, as poor old Chris(Redshank) had to(well he did not HAVE to, but he very kindly did) go half way round Scotland to Mackie's and get my new bonnet "crown"(?) made smaller!

Thanks Jock

After an exchange of emails, House of Labhran informed me they couldn't help.
So Chris / Robert Mackie is my last best hope at this point

**BoldHighlander** · 9th May 10, 08:43 PM

Originally Posted by Redshank

All part of the service Jock, a happy customer is a good customer

And a return customer

**Lachlan09** · 10th May 10, 04:53 AM

Steve McVeigh of Caledon, Northern Ireland (ex-Gordons piper) sells ex-British army kilts, hats, uniforms, sporrans etc plus piping equipment and dress. One of the hats I bought from him was this Royal Regiment of Scotland khaki Tam O’ Shanter. It is the smaller type rather than the previous pancake (originals of which are harder to get now) and has the “brightened” 1A tartan patch, plus RRS badge. The one in the photo has the dark green hackle of 5 Scots (The Argylls).

You can find Steve as “Bugpiper” at e-bay (he has a good reputation), but I can give you his e-mail and phone number on a PM if you want.

**BoldHighlander** · 10th May 10, 12:32 PM

Thanks Lachlan, I'll have to check out his ebay.

I appreciate it

**BoldHighlander** · 10th May 10, 01:24 PM

Just for fun I thought I'd post two examples of actual WW1 CEF bonnets.

This example is dated 1916 and was worn by a member of the 85th Infantry Battalion (Nova Scotia Highlanders) from Halifax Nova Scotia:

This example was worn by a member of the 185th Infantry Battalion (Cape Breton Highlanders) from Nova Scotia:

http://www.kaisersbunker.com/ceftp/caps.htm