"Jacobite" garb

[Draelore]

Very informative. Thanks Woodsheal

[Woodsheal]

Jamie,

Here's another common cuff closure of the period: two typical flat buttons joined by a simple figure-of-eight linkage:

[BoldHighlander]

Great thread Brian!

I still have saved to disc a number of photos from your old units website that showed different clothing styles & angles of view

[SFCRick]

great set of photos

[celtophile]

Thanks for the great history lesson.

[Erikm]

Hi Woodsheal I see you have something wrapped around your neck, is it a jabot or just a neckerchief of some sort? I heard they did this for sword protection?

Thanks

[Woodsheal]

Hi Woodsheal I see you have something wrapped around your neck, is it a jabot or just a neckerchief of some sort? I heard they did this for sword protection?

Thanks

It's a cravat: white or black, silk or cotton, about six inches wide and three feet long, finished on all edges and can have a bit of pleating on the ends. Such neck-cloths originally protected one from the chafing of armor, and did indeed help turn a sword stroke. Our modern neck ties are distant descendants....

[georgeetta]

what do you call that fusil ? who'd'a made it ? ..I might try and ..take a shot ..sorry ..at what I get as the earliest brought to upstate NY in mid 1600's ..the whole general shape is about what I'd thought ..there's a detail of a Scottish dragoon drawing ..
thank you for reenactor efforts .
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[georgeetta]

you might like to look over that Stuart Reid and Osprey books ..and the type ..they should have info maybe there ..Mr Ian MacCulloch may know as well ..Sons of the Mountains author . Myabe the 1960's Culldoen BBC doc'tary .
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I thought the group pulling down the "Cullwhinniac wall" were Argyll Militia, then dragoons came bounding through that .

[KFCarter]

Really appreciate these pics, thanks. Great stuff.