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    NOTE:
    There IS a difference between the Auld Bonnie Blue Bonnets and the modern Balmorals.
    *they are related: the balmoral is a modern derivative of the blue bonnet.
    HOWEVER, they are not the same and most reenactment groups would frown on one wearing a moden balmoral while representing a Jacobite-era Scot. (Actually, the same is true of the Kilt -vs. period belted plaids and "philabegs"- too.)

    The Scot Tartan Museum one is pretty accurate (both cut-and-sewn and the knit one). Matt knows his stuff and makes sure that what they carry is of good quality and that the "historic" lines actually ARE historically accurate.

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    MacWage is right. There's a big difference between modern balmorals and the bonnets of the jacobite era (late 17th, early 18th centuries). The early bonnets were usually knit and felted, wider and "floppier" than today's, and were worn flat, not cocked up on the left side:



    Also, they didn't have big "pom-poms" on top, that being a later development. Instead, there was a little "nipple" where the knitting comes together:

    Brian

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