Highland unit uniforms

**Hothir Ethelnor** · 10th January 11, 04:46 PM

BTW I'm a tailor, kiltmaker and I make period clothing for films so I can get cloth cheaply and make all the necessary clothing items myself.

The guns on the other hand are still pricey...

I have actually considered getting two Black Watch bankets and stitching them together to make a suitable great kilt in a heavy tartan but I would probably still go for the 18oz worsted because it takes wear and tear better.

**Biathlonman** · 10th January 11, 05:11 PM

If you buy a repro Pedersoli musket - you can fire it safely. Fire an antique musket and you could end up dead. I do think that considering the economic circumstances, you may find one second hand that someone is trying to unload - no pun intended.

Then you have to learn the drill from the period if you're in a group.

The blanket idea is not bad - cheap at least. I did some of this though and have some 'pulls' from brambles etc in my one kilt. Not really worth it. The Black Watch kilt from the era looked exactly like blanket material as I recall.

**ozarkjacobite** · 10th January 11, 05:18 PM

I agree, try to find a 1st or 2nd Land Pattern Brown Bess second. Also check out the website for Liberty Arms in Canada.

**Captain_Cogle** · 10th January 11, 09:57 PM

Liberty Arms or Loyalist Arms? If you are thinking Loyalist Arms they do very good reproductions but you can get a better one custom made or made from parts from the Rifle Shop.

**figheadair** · 11th January 11, 01:07 AM

Originally Posted by Hothir Ethelnor

BTW I'm a tailor, kiltmaker and I make period clothing for films so I can get cloth cheaply and make all the necessary clothing items myself.

The guns on the other hand are still pricey...

I have actually considered getting two Black Watch bankets and stitching them together to make a suitable great kilt in a heavy tartan but I would probably still go for the 18oz worsted because it takes wear and tear better.

If you are going to do this properly then the cloth must be offset with a selvedge mark. Black Watch blankets would be historically quite wrong in texture, weight and colour. To do otherwise is equivalent to using a single barrelled shotgun as a Brown Bess.