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28th August 14, 09:50 PM
#1
This is a first for me. Not sure where you heard that one.
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28th August 14, 11:02 PM
#2
You're informer is simply wrong. I presume he was a military re-enactor and R/W hose were part of their standard uniform as were red coats but the fact that British (not English) regiments wore this pattern does not mean that only they wore it. The portrait of Sir Stuart Threipland, a prominent Jacobite, is but one example of a non-Highland policeman wearing R/W diced hose.
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29th August 14, 03:37 AM
#3
"You're informer is simply wrong. I presume he was a military re-enactor and R/W hose were part of their standard uniform as were red coats but the fact that British (not English) regiments wore this pattern does not mean that only they wore it. The portrait of Sir Stuart Threipland, a prominent Jacobite, is but one example of a non-Highland policeman wearing R/W diced hose."
Stuart Threipland, of Fingask, Dr. Sir by William Delacour.jpg
"Don't give up what you want most for what you want now."
Just my 2¢ worth.
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29th August 14, 04:41 AM
#4
 Originally Posted by McMurdo
This is a first for me. Not sure where you heard that one.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/11520091@N04/1510937144
I'd have been surprised if you had been sure where I heard that one, but there it is.
I'm just trying to do the thing right. Don't snob on the new guy.
"A heathen concievably,
but not - I hope - an unenlightened one."
~ Lord Summerisle
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29th August 14, 06:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Harper
Hey not being a snob at all. If you go over some of my posts I really do try to help out the new guy. I've just never heard of something so ludicrous regarding kilt hose. The information you were given was wrong. This is a huge problem with Highland wear, what with films like Braveheart. The right thing to do is to listen to people on this website who are trying to deal with all the misinformation that we hear on a daily basis.
Last edited by McMurdo; 29th August 14 at 06:35 AM.
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29th August 14, 06:59 AM
#6
Another thing to keep in mind, depending on the era, historically... These hose were likely cut of cloth, not knit. This is the case for tartan and "diced."
here re is a reasonably good source for wool...
http://www.wmboothdraper.com/
Isaac
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