Is it just me?

[Grizzly]

I was jesting but I want to be ready just in case they ever do

[TurboKittie]

dinna like.

Yup, Seinfeld comes to mind.

I can't help it, I see those and I see Dread Pirate Roberts



And, it's a very good thing.

[Woodsheal]

I like those, where can you get them, they would look great with jeans.

Here: http://www.quartermastershop.com/Cot...bib_front.html

[Sir William]

They have American Civil War reenactments in the UK? Um... why?

Probably for the same reason we have Viking, Roman, Jacobite, English Civil War, Crimean War, Zulu War, Boer War, and various other historical interests here in the US.

American CW and the American West (cowboys, Indians, and James Fenimore Cooper's Longstocking Tales) are all very popular in Europe.

Doesn't bother me in the slightest. I love it when people like history, even if its not their own.

[tekdiver500ft]

I love it when people like history, even if its not their own.

Me, too.

And that, sir, is signature worthy.

[Tobus]

I was jesting but I want to be ready just in case they ever do

LOL. I hope I'm not the only person who was dimwitted enough to fall for that!

Probably for the same reason we have Viking, Roman, Jacobite, English Civil War, Crimean War, Zulu War, Boer War, and various other historical interests here in the US.

American CW and the American West (cowboys, Indians, and James Fenimore Cooper's Longstocking Tales) are all very popular in Europe.

Doesn't bother me in the slightest. I love it when people like history, even if its not their own.

Sort of off-topic, but there is a difference. Here in America, we have interests in all sorts of global history because those cultures are part of our "melting pot" of cultures. But I'm not sure it works in reverse.

[kilted hillbilly]

Bib front shirts, I've 2 of them. Went well with a pair of Y-back duckin trousers back when I compeated in S.A.S.S.

[macwilkin]

LOL. I hope I'm not the only person who was dimwitted enough to fall for that!


Sort of off-topic, but there is a difference. Here in America, we have interests in all sorts of global history because those cultures are part of our "melting pot" of cultures. But I'm not sure it works in reverse.

Well...based on what I saw in over a decade of working at a NPS Civil War Battlefield, the Brits, Canadians, Aussies, French & Germans aren't aware of this, because we used to get a lot of tourists from around the world who knew a heck of lot more about the American Civil War (and American history in general) than the "home-grown" variety. I remember spending the majority of a rainy weekday talking to a young man from England -- he had to be 10 or 11 -- who knew quite a bit about the Civil War on the same level as some of our more die-hard aficiandos here in the States. His first question was about General Nicholas B. Pearce, Commander of the Arkansas State Troops at our battle -- Pearce is not a well-known persona to the general public.

T.

[OC Richard]

The "bib-fronts" were popular with 19th C. firemen (who'd wear their ladder company number in the middle of the bib), and cowboys. Never owned one, so I'm not sure how they work...!

I've owned and worn them.

Properly speaking, they're called "plastron front shirts" (look it up) and they were extremely popular out West for cowboys, miners, etc as well as Back East for firemen and especially Baseball clubs, such as the Cleveland club in 1871

http://www.clevelandareahistory.com/...ening-day.html

The "plastron" is a seperate piece of fabric which buttons onto the front of the shirt. It can be fully buttoned or left rakishly unbuttoned on one side, part of it hanging over sort of like a lapel.

Funny, I never thought about wearing a plastron shirt with the kilt...

[O'Callaghan]

I own one, but I bought it specifically for RenFest, not for any actual celtic events or wearing anywhere else atall. I don't see it as suitable for much else.