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    Quote Originally Posted by creagdhubh View Post
    Your bonnet looks wonderful! All I wear are Robert Mackie bonnets and the are simply the best! I think yours looks great the way it is, I love that look anyhow. My most recent Balmoral purchase was from Chris at Dunnadd as well, a Fawn Balmoral with Lovat Green dicing, and I decided to leave it alone-no "Jocking" and it looks great in my opinion. I think that I will allow time and normal wear and tear to slowly "Jock" it naturally. My next bonnet purchase will be the same as yours, then after that, a Lovat Green with dicing and another Fawn with Lovat Blue dicing. Well done mate!



    Slainte mhath,
    I just ordered a "Jock Scot Special" as well, Kyle! Like you, I will most likely let nature take its' course on the bonnet.

    T.

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    I know the current XMarks trend is to "Jock" a new bonnet, but I'm with Kyle & Todd on this. I always allow time, wear, & Washington's "soft weather" to do the job for me
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    Quote Originally Posted by BoldHighlander View Post
    I know the current XMarks trend is to "Jock" a new bonnet, but I'm with Kyle & Todd on this. I always allow time, wear, & Washington's "soft weather" to do the job for me
    Well said Terry-and just a quick note-I do advocate Jock's manner of properly breaking in a newly purchased Balmoral, as it is a delightful and a rather quick way of having your bonnet look and feel like you have worn it for quite a number of years. I have done it to a plain (no dicing) Navy Balmoral with matching toorie from Mackie, and I absolutely love it! However since then, I have just decided to allow nature to take its course on newly purchased Balmorals.

    Cheers gents,

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    Quote Originally Posted by BoldHighlander View Post
    I know the current XMarks trend is to "Jock" a new bonnet, but I'm with Kyle & Todd on this. I always allow time, wear, & Washington's "soft weather" to do the job for me
    Northwest Washington, you say? That should take about a week!
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    ok, so I half jocked it - Soaked it in water for the night - loosend it up a bit with a light beating - then wore it dry for the day - total time was only two days, spent in a little more haste than i wanted, however the end result turned out to my liking - later I may re-soak and reshape it because when I hung it to dry it dried a little bit to much before I could get at it to mold it so it created some wrinkly lumps - however not enough to terribly bother me at the moment, i can worry about it on my next day off



    btw here is the pic from my webcam- i just got home from work so the light is poor as its almost midnight -





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    Quote Originally Posted by Iainkp View Post
    ok, so I half jocked it -

    Looks pretty good to me!
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    I just got a Mackie balmoral in Lovat Blue last weekend at the San Diego Highland Games. RP Blandford & Son was selling their old stock for $40.

    Still has the stiff new shape...

    Here it is in a photo taken a couple hours ago...

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    Looks good, Richard. Did your daughter enjoy the anime shindig?

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    Quote Originally Posted by fluter View Post
    Northwest Washington, you say? That should take about a week!
    Don'tchya know it!!
    [SIZE="2"][FONT="Georgia"][COLOR="DarkGreen"][B][I]T. E. ("TERRY") HOLMES[/I][/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]
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    Awesome Todd, congrats and well done my friend! I can't wait until we can get together over a wee dram! Looking forward to that day, as well as hopefully seeing a photo or two of you in your new bonnet!

    Yours aye,

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