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13th March 08, 03:56 PM
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[SIZE="2"][FONT="Georgia"][COLOR="DarkGreen"][B][I]T. E. ("TERRY") HOLMES[/I][/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE="1"][FONT="Georgia"][COLOR="DarkGreen"][B][I]proud descendant of the McReynolds/MacRanalds of Ulster & Keppoch, Somerled & Robert the Bruce.[/SIZE]
[SIZE="1"]"Ah, here comes the Bold Highlander. No @rse in his breeks but too proud to tug his forelock..." Rob Roy (1995)[/I][/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]
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13th March 08, 04:10 PM
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No the question is, is it held up by straps or fangs?
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13th March 08, 04:24 PM
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 Originally Posted by BoldHighlander
And I have to ask, how many skins did that take?
Just one, but he was a 'UUUUUUGE beastie!!!!
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13th March 08, 05:48 PM
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Originally Posted by BoldHighlander
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That's a beautiful kilt Hamish, I'm blown away! 
And I have to ask, how many skins did that take?
I believe it was five!
Take care,
Ham.
PS: I omitted to say that the kilt is not made from genuine snakeskin - it is very fine pigskin which has been printed and embossed to resemble the real thing. The wait was of eighteen months for skins of similar quality to be obtained though.
[B][I][U]No. of Kilts[/U][/I][/B][I]:[/I] 102.[I] [B]"[U][B]Title[/B]"[/U][/B][/I]: Lord Hamish Bicknell, Laird of Lochaber / [B][U][I]Life Member:[/I][/U][/B] The Scottish Tartans Authority / [B][U][I]Life Member:[/I][/U][/B] The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society / [U][I][B]Member:[/B][/I][/U] The Ardbeg Committee / [I][B][U]My NEW Photo Album[/U]: [/B][/I][COLOR=purple]Sadly, and with great regret, it seems my extensive and comprehensive album may now have been lost forever![/COLOR]/
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17th March 08, 02:12 AM
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Originally Posted by Hamish
My advice: keep that skin and look out for more. Then, when you have enough, make yourself a kilt!!
Take care,
Ham.
Simply amazing !
Robert Amyot-MacKinnon
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13th March 08, 05:06 PM
#6
Yes James how about a cantel piece on a sporran and matching flashes.
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13th March 08, 06:05 PM
#7
Wow... The printed pig skin snake part...
I tried to ask my inner curmudgeon before posting, but he sprayed me with the garden hose…
Yes, I have squirrels in my brain…
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13th March 08, 06:06 PM
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I'm thinking that you send it (or part of it) to Turpin to fashion a flap for one of his Rob Roy sporrans and use the rest as detail on a belt or hat band.
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And this shall be for music, when no one else is near; The fine song for singing, the rare song to hear; That only I remember, that only you admire; Of the broad road that stretches and the roadside fire. (RL Stevenson)
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14th March 08, 09:39 AM
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 I hope that isn't a Pendleton Rattler!
If it was a Camp Pendleton rattler, I hope you tried to resuscitate it before declaring it deceased. When I was stationed a Pendleton (many years ago) I remember the base commander had standing orders against harming any of the "base rattle snakes". When ever you'd see a platoon of recruits suddenly move to the oblique in formation, it was a pretty safe bet there was a snake in the road. I also remember the recruits using their guide-ons to clear the butts on the range of the sleepy snakes sunning themselves in the morning.
I truly loved my time in the Corps. Instead of being eccentric, we were "just Marines."
Semper Fi, James
Keith
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14th March 08, 05:47 PM
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Originally Posted by kfreeouf
If it was a Camp Pendleton rattler, I hope you tried to resuscitate it before declaring it deceased.
I can just see James getting down on the ground giving it mouth-to mouth  
Originally Posted by kfreeouf
When I was stationed a Pendleton (many years ago) I remember the base commander had standing orders against harming any of the "base rattle snakes". When ever you'd see a platoon of recruits suddenly move to the oblique in formation, it was a pretty safe bet there was a snake in the road. I also remember the recruits using their guide-ons to clear the butts on the range of the sleepy snakes sunning themselves in the morning.
I don't know about you guys at Pendleton, but at Benning at the gunnery range we had "ready made" foxholes (cement culverts, right side up) with a wooden lid over them that would collect leaves in the bottom. Whenever we were out at the range, before getting in we'd have to clear these for Eastern Diamondbacks
(I never found one --  oop:!!).
[SIZE="2"][FONT="Georgia"][COLOR="DarkGreen"][B][I]T. E. ("TERRY") HOLMES[/I][/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE="1"][FONT="Georgia"][COLOR="DarkGreen"][B][I]proud descendant of the McReynolds/MacRanalds of Ulster & Keppoch, Somerled & Robert the Bruce.[/SIZE]
[SIZE="1"]"Ah, here comes the Bold Highlander. No @rse in his breeks but too proud to tug his forelock..." Rob Roy (1995)[/I][/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]
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