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31st October 07, 04:30 PM
#1
What the Heck....Halloween
Sixty Three years olde olde olde and still dressing up for Halloween at work.
A tribute to Somerled and other Viking ancestors that once pilaged the Trotternish Peninsula of Skye.
Photog missed them but also had on "bison" colored Lewis hose and black traditional garter wrap thingie dealies. That's my brown leather Utilikilt.
One young new employee lass picked up a leather pleat to feel it and said, "This must have been expensive." Yup...it sure was but I love it and its already given me years of wear.
And no, them ain't ear rings. There's actually a chin strap deal...
Ron
Last edited by Riverkilt; 31st October 07 at 04:32 PM.
Reason: more leather fumes
Ol' Macdonald himself, a proud son of Skye and Cape Breton Island
Lifetime Member STA. Two time winner of Utilikiltarian of the Month.
"I'll have a kilt please, a nice hand sewn tartan, 16 ounce Strome. Oh, and a sporran on the side, with a strap please."
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31st October 07, 04:39 PM
#2
Nice way to incorporate a kilt into your costume.
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31st October 07, 05:12 PM
#3
Ron - you look every bit a viking raider in that costume. Pillage on!!!!
Brian
In a democracy it's your vote that counts; in feudalism, it's your Count that votes.
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31st October 07, 06:25 PM
#4
Sooo, you don't wear that everyday?
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31st October 07, 08:41 PM
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Ron, Are you sure she picked up a pleat to feel the leather? 
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1st November 07, 01:56 AM
#6
 Originally Posted by BEEDEE
Ron - you look every bit a viking raider in that costume.
Brian
No, no, no. Vikings did NOT have horns on their helmets 
Odin knows who started that nonsense in films and cartoons...
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1st November 07, 02:38 AM
#7
Looking good. The leather kilt works well with the viking helmet.
Regional Director for Scotland for Clan Cunningham International, and a Scottish Armiger.
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1st November 07, 04:52 AM
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Originally Posted by porrick
No, no, no. Vikings did NOT have horns on their helmets
Odin knows who started that nonsense in films and cartoons...
True, but it really has become the stereotypical image.
Horns on helmets would be very impractical. Helmets were usually designed to deflect a blow from a weapon. Why in the world would anyone want to put on something to catch the force of the blow?
We're fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance. - Japanese Proverb
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1st November 07, 04:54 AM
#9
Originally Posted by porrick
No, no, no. Vikings did NOT have horns on their helmets
Odin knows who started that nonsense in films and cartoons...
What? Of course they had horns on their helmets. It must be true, I saw it on TV!
(Also Hagar has horns and he wouldn't lie!!!!!!)
Sapienter si sincere Clan Davidson (USA)
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" I'll have a scotch on the rocks. Any scotch will do as long as it's not a blend of course. Single malt Glenlivet, Glenfiddich perhaps maybe a Glen... any Glen." -Swingers
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1st November 07, 04:55 AM
#10
Haha, that's a wonderful costume, historically accurate or not!
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