New Balmoral bonnet is here!

**BoldHighlander** · 28th June 10, 12:58 PM

I know the current XMarks trend is to "Jock" a new bonnet, but I'm with Kyle & Todd on this. I always allow time, wear, & Washington's "soft weather" to do the job for me

**creagdhubh** · 28th June 10, 01:06 PM

Originally Posted by BoldHighlander

I know the current XMarks trend is to "Jock" a new bonnet, but I'm with Kyle & Todd on this. I always allow time, wear, & Washington's "soft weather" to do the job for me

Well said Terry-and just a quick note-I do advocate Jock's manner of properly breaking in a newly purchased Balmoral, as it is a delightful and a rather quick way of having your bonnet look and feel like you have worn it for quite a number of years. I have done it to a plain (no dicing) Navy Balmoral with matching toorie from Mackie, and I absolutely love it! However since then, I have just decided to allow nature to take its course on newly purchased Balmorals.

Cheers gents,

**fluter** · 29th June 10, 08:26 PM

Originally Posted by BoldHighlander

I know the current XMarks trend is to "Jock" a new bonnet, but I'm with Kyle & Todd on this. I always allow time, wear, & Washington's "soft weather" to do the job for me

Northwest Washington, you say? That should take about a week!

**Iainkp** · 29th June 10, 08:44 PM

ok, so I half jocked it - Soaked it in water for the night - loosend it up a bit with a light beating - then wore it dry for the day - total time was only two days, spent in a little more haste than i wanted, however the end result turned out to my liking - later I may re-soak and reshape it because when I hung it to dry it dried a little bit to much before I could get at it to mold it so it created some wrinkly lumps - however not enough to terribly bother me at the moment, i can worry about it on my next day off

btw here is the pic from my webcam- i just got home from work so the light is poor as its almost midnight -

Iain

**BoldHighlander** · 30th June 10, 02:33 AM

Originally Posted by Iainkp

ok, so I half jocked it -

Looks pretty good to me!

**OC Richard** · 3rd July 10, 03:43 PM

I just got a Mackie balmoral in Lovat Blue last weekend at the San Diego Highland Games. RP Blandford & Son was selling their old stock for $40.

Still has the stiff new shape...

Here it is in a photo taken a couple hours ago...