A new Boy Scout in Kilt

[macwilkin]

I must say these are nice goat hair sporrans these boys are sporting. The campaign hats are working too! If there were pipers, they must have had to pin-up the left brim of their hats, a la Aussie-style, unless they were wearing other head gear. Broad-brimmed hats and drones never work very well together for me.

Thanks for the additional info and les bons mots, too!

I've seen film from WWII showing two Kiwi Pipers playing as a troopship from New Zealand was leaving for North Africa; both pipers are wearing the distinctive Kiwi "lemon squeezer" slouch hat without the brim turned up.

Regards,

Todd

[longhuntr74]

Awesome pics!! Love them.

[Matty Ross]

Personally I think if you have a problem with Scouts in Kilts YOU have a problem because the rest of us think it's great. Here is a pic of me recieving my Silver beaver.

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

Personally I think if you have a problem with Scouts in Kilts YOU have a problem because the rest of us think it's great. Here is a pic of me recieving my Silver beaver.

Personally, I don't think there is a problem. BSA National HQ has made it clear that the Boy Scouts of America is NOT a heritage organization and for that reason ethnic clothing (kilt included) is not an authorized part of the Scout uniform. You may have a problem with that, but the tens of thousands of others (adults and kids) involved with Scouting in the United States don't have a problem with that. They follow the rules.

[starbkjrus]

WOW! The Uniform Police sure make the Kilt Police seem like pussycats.....

Isn't that the truth.

There are several examples in this thread that are exactly the reason I quit scouting at age 12.

[macwilkin]

Isn't that the truth.

There are several examples in this thread that are exactly the reason I quit scouting at age 12.

And there are some examples in this thread that make me glad I dropped out in Cub Scouts.

In all seriousness, not going on to the BSA and obtaining my Eagle Scout will always be a bit of a nagging regret for me, but at the same time, I wonder how much I would have enjoyed the organisation, being a bit of anachronism that rather enjoys uniforms, regalia and all that? I would have been one of those Scouts who wore the campaign hat with enthusiasm, since it is the symbol of Scouting (or was at one time) in the US and the World.

I fear that those of us who do appreciate such things will be once again unfairly generalized as the "uniform police".

Regards,

Todd

[HarborSpringsPiper]

I wonder how much I would have enjoyed the organisation, being a bit of anachronism that rather enjoys uniforms, regalia and all that?

Hmmm, that sounds like why I took up piping and joined a pipe band in my teens!

I have no dog in the BSA/uniform fight.

[Zardoz]

There are several examples in this thread that are exactly the reason I quit scouting at age 12.

Me too, although I hung in there till 16 or 17, I bailed when the troop I was in got new leadership that started spending half the meetings steering mundane topics towards religion or outright prosthelytizing.

Disclaimer;

I know scouting is a 'faith based group' but that was never the focus of the groups I was in until the last couple of years. I didn't quit just because of that, I could have tried another troop etc... But at 16 I got my drivers license and wheels, and just developed other interests.

[PGH]

Personally I think if you have a problem with Scouts in Kilts YOU have a problem because the rest of us think it's great. Here is a pic of me recieving my Silver beaver.

Yer in a Venturing shirt, the BSA rules on uniform don't apply.

Congratulations on receiving the Silver Beaver.

[Galician]

I was fascinated to see that one of the bands from nearly 40 years ago was sponsored by General Motors.