Kilt No. 65 arrived today
Yes, my 65th was delivered this morning from 'Cornovi' in Cornwall. It is a full 8 yarder, 16oz wool in the Cornish National tartan and came complete with matching flashes, a St. Mylor Cross kilt pin and a Cornish sporran - a bumper bundle in fact!
Here are three photos taken very hurredly immediately after I removed the basting stitches. The first shows this delicious kilt being worn casually.....
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The back , showing the neat pleating.....
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Here it is, fully 'dressed up' with a GT Doublet et al.....
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I still have to do research on the sporran which has 15 brass bezants and no tassels. It seems also that this is worn as both a day sporran and a dress sporran - I succumbed to wearing a chain for the latter as you will see.
Hawkeyes among you might notice that my dress belt has a Scottish thistle buckle - this is simply because it is the only dress buckle I have. Something else for my 'needs' list now! You might also have noticed the belt loops on the apron - in all my 55-odd years of kilt wearing, I have never come across this feature on a traditional kilt which, in all other respects, this is. Something else to check out - something peculiar to Cornish kilts, perhaps!
[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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