Originally Posted by
Jock Scot
Speaking as a Sheriffmuir wearer(until it shrank and one of my sons has recyled it!) and fan, a black tie or a jabot can be worn depending on the occasion. An advantage of a Sheriffmuir. I did once wear a hunting stock(sort of cravat)with a SM to an event when I had forgoten my black tie. No one noticed which was rather good as I had been wearing it out hunting all day. I think the montrose demands a Jabot.
Hunting stock(UK definition)
Originally Posted by
MacMillan of Rathdown
I agree completely with Jock-- a Montrose demands a jabot. There is more latitude with a Sheriffmuir, and either a jabot or hunting stock works really well. (If the waistcoat of your Sheriffmuir is tartan, cut on the bias, then I think a hunting stock really does lend itself extremely well to the overall look.)
Gentlemen: Your comments, and those of MacRobert's, have persuaded me a Sheriffmuir is the doublet for me. My developing plan, as of this writing, is for a Sheriffmuir in black barathea, with MacPherson Dress tartan waistcoat cut on the bias, and MacPherson Dress tartan kilt, with Argyle hose in colors to match the kilt...if and when acheived, will post the results...
"Before two notes of the theme were played, Colin knew it was Patrick Mor MacCrimmon's 'Lament for the Children'...Sad seven times--ah, Patrick MacCrimmon of the seven dead sons....'It's a hard tune, that', said old Angus. Hard on the piper; hard on them all; hard on the world." Butcher's Broom, by Neil Gunn, 1994 Walker & Co, NY, p. 397-8.
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