Anderson 1936 catalogue

**longhuntr74** · 13th July 12, 09:24 AM

Originally Posted by David Thorpe

And two more hunting sporrans! (16 & 17)

David...Note that the TASSLES on those hunting sporrans are raised and separate from the face and then tacked down with stitches at the bottom...unlike modern hunter sporrans that typically only have flat pieces of leather stitched to the face. Rocky has a style very similar to these for sale, with the difference being that his are hard-faced like most modern hunting sporrans (or so it appears). The tassel styles are dead on though!

**David Thorpe** · 13th July 12, 10:00 AM

Originally Posted by longhuntr74

David...Note that the TASSLES on those hunting sporrans are raised and separate from the face and then tacked down with stitches at the bottom...unlike modern hunter sporrans that typically only have flat pieces of leather stitched to the face. Rocky has a style very similar to these for sale, with the difference being that his are hard-faced like most modern hunting sporrans (or so it appears). The tassel styles are dead on though!

I tacked (riveted) mine in the middle.

**creagdhubh** · 14th July 12, 01:37 PM

I love these old catalogues! Thanks for sharing, Richard. Now this is what I am talking about when it comes to traditional Highland dress! This approach to wearing the kilt is definitely my kind of style - a timeless, effortless, and simplistic manner of wearing "The Garb of the Old Gaul."

Cheers,

**ThistleDown** · 14th July 12, 09:11 PM

I certainly don't want to be coming across here as turning thumbs down on the catalogue business of the thirties to fifties, or the content of those catalogues. I am, after all, related to the old Wm Anderson in its third generation through my mother and am proud of the firm's ongoing standing among Highland outfitters. I just want to make it clear that Highlanders did not, as a rule, buy from these shops. As time went on the fashion styles produced by them became the rigid norm, just as the kilt-for-hire business and pipe bands made white hose the in-style of not so many years ago. Not in style in the Highlands, but in the Lowlands and elsewhere.

As an aside, my cousin still has a Kenmore doublet as it was originally designed by his family. A bit tattered and torn, mind you.

**Jock Scot** · 15th July 12, 03:55 AM

I suppose its ever thus Rex.With military attire there are dress regulations to guide us and even then there are pitfalls for the unwary. It is a very different story with civilian attire and its here the differences between theory and practice of real life where the subtle nuances are, understandably, missed by those that have not lived the experience at first hand. It would be just the same if I tried to expound the theories of "Cowboys and their attire", yes I might get the ten gallon hat, yes I might get the jeans, yes I might get the boots, yes I might get the chaps, but the locals would shoot me down----nicely I hope---- on the details and the regional differences for sure.

**Father Bill** · 15th July 12, 05:46 AM

Originally Posted by Jock Scot

I suppose its ever thus Rex.With military attire there are dress regulations to guide us and even then there are pitfalls for the unwary. It is a very different story with civilian attire and its here the differences between theory and practice of real life where the subtle nuances are, understandably, missed by those that have not lived the experience at first hand. It would be just the same if I tried to expound the theories of "Cowboys and their attire", yes I might get the ten gallon hat, yes I might get the jeans, yes I might get the boots, yes I might get the chaps, but the locals would shoot me down----nicely I hope---- on the details and the regional differences for sure.

... and anyway, most of that stuff would look ridiculous with a kilt! Chaps??????