Would you ever wear a feather in your cap, particularly in the U.S.?

**PEEDYC** · 15th September 10, 09:25 AM

If you want to see Scots with feathers in their hats check out The Queen's Bodyguard of Scotland ie The Royal Company of Archers. I think they take it to the extreme.

http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgur...1t:429,r:2,s:0

I do wear a feather or feathers. It is a stags head brooch with deer skin and feather decoration that I wear in my green beret.

**Jock Scot** · 15th September 10, 09:53 AM

Originally Posted by PEEDYC

If you want to see Scots with feathers in their hats check out The Queen's Bodyguard of Scotland ie The Royal Company of Archers. I think they take it to the extreme.

http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgur...1t:429,r:2,s:0

I do wear a feather or feathers. It is a stags head brooch with deer skin and feather decoration that I wear in my green beret.

No more "extreme" than the Bearskin(busby---hate that word!) of the Guards, or dare I say it, the Topi of the Royal Marines to name but two. Uniforms, particularly some British ones, certainly stand out when the occasion arrises!

**ThistleDown** · 15th September 10, 10:38 AM

If you dress as a Scot, follow Scottish customs.

Why is this so difficult? Armigers don't have to use their coats of arms and chiefs/chieftains don't have to wear their feathers, but no-one has the right to use arms that don't belong to them and to wear eagle feathers to which you are not entitled by rank is a sign of ignorance at best.