Framed Kilt??

[OC Richard]

So here we have a case of many gorgeous kilts, works of art, being worn by X-Markers and others, while a cheap Pakistani kilt with dodgy pleating gets framed for display.

The same happens with pipes! Out at a Highland Games, on a dusty sun-baked field or in the pouring rain, many pipers have in their hands some of the most beautiful and valuable pipes ever made, 1890s Hendersons dripping with hand-engraved sterling silver mounts etc, while people take cheap Pakistani pipes made out of sheesham wood painted black with ugly dull alloy and plastic mounts and hang them on the wall for decoration.

[tpa]

From the strap type and length, I would suspect it was on of Aldi's offerings. If it sells at that price ... anyone know any cheap UK frame suppliers?

[YOJiMBO20]

So here we have a case of many gorgeous kilts, works of art, being worn by X-Markers and others, while a cheap Pakistani kilt with dodgy pleating gets framed for display.

The same happens with pipes! Out at a Highland Games, on a dusty sun-baked field or in the pouring rain, many pipers have in their hands some of the most beautiful and valuable pipes ever made, 1890s Hendersons dripping with hand-engraved sterling silver mounts etc, while people take cheap Pakistani pipes made out of sheesham wood painted black with ugly dull alloy and plastic mounts and hang them on the wall for decoration.

Would you rather have the Hendies nailed to the wall while the cheap, terrible sounding pipes are out on the field?

If you're going to destroy something to call it art, at least destroy something that has no value.

[OC Richard]

Oh no, but there are many gorgeous vintage pipes that actually deserve to be displayed as the beautiful works of art they are; needless to say art isn't damaged by displaying it (as can be confirmed by a trip to most any museum).

The pipes I play now, c1900 Lawries, the best-playing pipes I've ever had in my 40 years piping, were indeed themselves displayed hanging on a wall above a fireplace for 30 or 40 years before I bought them. Evidently the fireplace wasn't ever lit, the pipes being free of warping, cracking, or other damage. Luckily for me the owner got tired of his décor and decided to sell it.

Here they are! My pride and joy.



Back to the ugly framed kilt, allow me to put forward other suitable candidates for such display:

[Profane James]

... Luckily for me the owner got tired of his décor and decided to sell it.

Wow! I assume real ivory? They have to go through any customs?

[GrainReaper]

My first kilt was a blackwatch wool/PV blend kilt from Celtic croft, it wasn't spendy but it set off a branch of my life that has almost defined me. That cheapo kilt was my ah-ha moment that brought me into the kilted fold. I'm now thinking that as it no longer fits me very well and I've collected several other kilts that fit rather perfect. I just might frame it and hang it in my bar as a reminder of where this mess all started.

[Reiver]

Perhaps......I worked with a fine General Officer once and was at his home enjoying a drink....he nodded to the wall at a beautiful petite Kimono that was framed...."Sergeant Major, would you believe my wife once fit in that"
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[The Q]

Wow! I assume real ivory? They have to go through any customs?

It is legal to own, Sell , buy , transport Ivory, providing the original date of the Ivory is pre 1947

[OC Richard]

It is legal to own, Sell , buy , transport Ivory, providing the original date of the Ivory is pre 1947

Here in the USA an Executive Order by President Obama made the buying, selling, or possession of worked or unworked ivory illegal in the USA, unless it has a certificate.

To obtain a certificate you must prove 1) that the ivory was gathered "from the wild" prior to 1976 2) it was within the US prior to the international ban and 3) it was in your possession prior to the Executive Order taking effect (which I believe was February 2014).

At least that's my understanding, from reading numerous articles, and excerpts from the Executive Order (it's not a law).

[Profane James]

I was just wondering if they gave you a hard time like that poor kid and his fathers pipes.