Kilts?
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Kilts?
No, I don't wear one. There are enough of 'em to be seen in the disreputable establishments I hang out in, though. And I do mean enough.
Anyway, you always see in addition to the "real thing" your 20th-century utilikilt, complete with cargo pockets, and any variation thereof. Last evening during a session a fellow came in bedecked in leather and a kilty thing patterned in digital camo. Naturally there was a clucking of tongues, but I informed my sessionmates that camo was the hereditary pattern of Clan Destine.
Now you know.
Anyway, you always see in addition to the "real thing" your 20th-century utilikilt, complete with cargo pockets, and any variation thereof. Last evening during a session a fellow came in bedecked in leather and a kilty thing patterned in digital camo. Naturally there was a clucking of tongues, but I informed my sessionmates that camo was the hereditary pattern of Clan Destine.
Now you know.
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Camo utility kilts today...not as far fetched idea with a connection to history.
From the London Scottish Regiment history page.
o, in 1859, sponsored by The Highland Society of London and The Caledonian Society of London, a group of individual Scots raised The London Scottish Rifle Volunteers under the command of Lt Col Lord Elcho, later The Earl of Wemyss and March. He decided to clothe the Regiment in Hodden Grey, the homespun cloth known throughout Scotland.
Lord Elcho, Earl of Wemyss and March.
This avoided all interclan feeling on the subject of tartan and, as Lord Elcho said "A soldier is a man hunter. As a deer stalker chooses the least visible of colours, so ought a soldier to be clad." The only regiments wearing Hodden Grey are The London Scottish and The Toronto Scottish. The first Honorary Colonel of the Regiment was Field Marshall Lord Clyde (Sir Colin Campbell). Lord Elcho commanded the Regiment for 19 years and then became Honorary Colonel from 1878 to 1900.
Hodden Grey uniform was supposedly the first camo uniform in the British Army. I wore the Hodden Grey as a member of the Toronto Scottish militia unit.
Go here for a picture of a Pipe Major decked out in full uniform:
http://www.bagpipejourney.com/images/Qu ... Spoore.jpg
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From the London Scottish Regiment history page.
o, in 1859, sponsored by The Highland Society of London and The Caledonian Society of London, a group of individual Scots raised The London Scottish Rifle Volunteers under the command of Lt Col Lord Elcho, later The Earl of Wemyss and March. He decided to clothe the Regiment in Hodden Grey, the homespun cloth known throughout Scotland.
Lord Elcho, Earl of Wemyss and March.
This avoided all interclan feeling on the subject of tartan and, as Lord Elcho said "A soldier is a man hunter. As a deer stalker chooses the least visible of colours, so ought a soldier to be clad." The only regiments wearing Hodden Grey are The London Scottish and The Toronto Scottish. The first Honorary Colonel of the Regiment was Field Marshall Lord Clyde (Sir Colin Campbell). Lord Elcho commanded the Regiment for 19 years and then became Honorary Colonel from 1878 to 1900.
Hodden Grey uniform was supposedly the first camo uniform in the British Army. I wore the Hodden Grey as a member of the Toronto Scottish militia unit.
Go here for a picture of a Pipe Major decked out in full uniform:
http://www.bagpipejourney.com/images/Qu ... Spoore.jpg
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Re: Kilts?
Nanohedron wrote:Naturally there was a clucking of tongues, but I informed my sessionmates that camo was the hereditary pattern of Clan Destine.
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Re: Kilts?
I work in a kilt just about every day...(changing out of it as fast as possible in this weather...)Nanohedron wrote:No, I don't wear one. There are enough of 'em to be seen in the disreputable establishments I hang out in, though. And I do mean enough.
Anyway, you always see in addition to the "real thing" your 20th-century utilikilt, complete with cargo pockets, and any variation thereof. Last evening during a session a fellow came in bedecked in leather and a kilty thing patterned in digital camo. Naturally there was a clucking of tongues, but I informed my sessionmates that camo was the hereditary pattern of Clan Destine.
Now you know.
..but I gotta draw the line at cammies + leather...
(although, pockets would be helpful...)
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I am so naive that I didn't have a clue about camo kilts, not realizing that camo was an abbreviation for camouflage. Here is a link to some photos:
http://www.pittsburghkilts.com/camo.shtml
http://www.pittsburghkilts.com/camo.shtml
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Re: Kilts?
I once said to a kilted local raconteur, "So, is that money in your sporran or are you just happy to see me?" He looked up and snapped, "Neither one!"CHasR wrote:(although, pockets would be helpful...)
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Re: Kilts?
Nanohedron wrote:I once said to a kilted local raconteur, "So, is that money in your sporran or are you just happy to see me?" He looked up and snapped, "Neither one!"CHasR wrote:(although, pockets would be helpful...)
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The Appalachia trail town of Damascus,VA has a Trail Day whoop-ee in the spring that our pipe band often plays for-it's strictly a freebe, just plain fun. Talk about strange- as we use to say back in the olden days "lotta freaks" here's a link-http://www.traildays.info/
That's the first time I saw the "utility kilts"- a lot of the men hiking the trail wear them. They say they can't be beat for hiking garb.
It seems that I am never comfortable in my band kilt. It's either too cold or too hot, never a happy medium.
That's the first time I saw the "utility kilts"- a lot of the men hiking the trail wear them. They say they can't be beat for hiking garb.
It seems that I am never comfortable in my band kilt. It's either too cold or too hot, never a happy medium.
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Re: Kilts?
Okay, I finally got it. That's funny.izzarina wrote:Nanohedron wrote:Naturally there was a clucking of tongues, but I informed my sessionmates that camo was the hereditary pattern of Clan Destine.
Camo kilts don't do it for me. Not at all.
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