Buckle Ghillie Brogues (customization)

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They look great Colin! I contacted a friend on Facebook in reference to the buckled ghillie brogues with red (coloured) laces, here is what he mentioned:

Hi Kyle, Gordon copied the idea from the King of Pipers John D Burgess and I suspect John copies it from another pipers. John sadly died a couple of years ago but he often wore the ghillie brogues with buckles and red laces. Gordon uses a standard thistle buckle design with the full flat bar at the back as used by Gordon Highlanders pipers. I think Lawrie's used to make a variation of this with more of a flat hook. Then it is just laced into the ghillies at the bottom to hold it on but easily removed. So they actually sit at the botton of the ghillie lacing rather than on the leather like the buckle brogues. Hope that makes sense. You could also get it stitched on by a shoe maker but then it is a little more permanent. I have attached a pic of John D Burgess but he has the black laces in the photo. If you get the DVD King of the pipers he has the red laces on. Hope that helps, any questions let me know.

Cheers,

Thanks very much Kyle! Good to know that there is some precedent for lacing the buckles on, because I like the look and the non-permanence. I'd love to see the pic of John D Burgess with buckle ghillie brogues and black laces, if that would be possible?