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9th August 06, 10:49 AM
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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.....
The back , showing the neat pleating.....
Here it is, fully 'dressed up' with a GT Doublet et al.....
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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9th August 06, 10:59 AM
#2
Oh, now that's just lovely! And in my favorite colors, too (Go Steelers!)
I do believe I'll have to acquire that tartan now!
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9th August 06, 11:00 AM
#3
That looks FANTASTIC Hamish!
Mark Dockendorf
Left on the Right Coast
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9th August 06, 11:08 AM
#4
Great look Hamish!! As always you amaze us!
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9th August 06, 11:19 AM
#5
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9th August 06, 11:39 AM
#6
As always Hamish . . . near perfect (thistle buckle aside). (You know that the Amish women, when they make their quilts, always deliberately place one piece upside down. They say so that people realize only God is perfect!)
Cheers!
Andy in Ithaca, NY
Exile from Northumberland
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9th August 06, 11:46 AM
#7
Congratulations on the kilt. It looks outstanding. 
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9th August 06, 12:01 PM
#8
Hamish + New Kilt = 
Cheers
-See it there, a white plume
Over the battle - A diamond in the ash
Of the ultimate combustion-My panache
Edmond Rostand
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9th August 06, 12:07 PM
#9
Hamish,
The sporran design is based on the Banner of the Duchy of Cornwall.
More info can be found here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchy_of_Cornwall
Nice kilt Hamish. I have one in the Cornish Hunting tartan, which really just replaces most of the yellow with a dark green. I love it because I can simultaneously show off my Scottish/Cornish descent.
Shane
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9th August 06, 12:10 PM
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Here also is a link explaining a little more about the Cornish tartans.
http://www.alanrichards.org/cornishtartan.htm
Shane
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