recent Black Watch acquisitions

[Altenberg Bagpiper]

Hi Richard, How is the Black Watch uniform coming along? Any luck with the spats? Did your kilt come in yet? Jim

[OC Richard]

My uniform is coming along nicely!

Since I posted the above I got

1) a wonderful DM/PM doublet from a fellow XMarker who happens to be just my size
2) a new heavyweight MOD tartan kilt, green binding
3) pair of black/red diced hosetops which had to be made up for me due to my 18" calves
4) red hackle and sphinx badge for my old ratty shedding Argylls feather bonnet... a correct new bonnet is coming
5) and just yesterday I put together the crossbelt with all its correct hardware and badges (here is the thread with closeups of the badges http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/s...90#post1202590


Here's the stuff so far!



and here's what it all will eventually look like (the PM is Richard Grisdale)