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    Have you tried Bugpiper on e-bay ? He's Steve McVeigh from Caledon, Northern Ireland and he’s an ex-Gordons piper. I have traded with him in the past and is very good and straight – no bad surprises from him. He has a business for bagpipes, piper’s dress and ex-British army Scottish regimental uniforms and kilts etc. Through him I got a complete head-to-toe Argylls No 1 dress uniform, with Glengarry, piper green doublet, No 1a kilt, dress belt and buckle, “Swinging Six” sporran and white strap, red/white Menzies hose-tops, spats, brogues, flashes and white gloves. The regimental kilt still had its base-stitching in place.

    I also bought the hats of all the Scottish regiments with modern badges, blackcock tails, hackles etc as appropriate, including Scots Guards and RSDG peaked caps. I also got from him the old metal badges of all the old Scottish regiments pre-various mergers.

    If you try him on e-bay, then you can mention me, Lachlan Gow.

    If you want his e-mail, I can give it to you in a PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jock scot View Post
    a modest fire in the qm's store was always said to be a good way of explaining away the odd discrepancy..........!
    fofad....
    The 'Eathen in his idleness bows down to wood and stone,
    'E don't obey no orders unless they is his own,
    He keeps his side arms awful,
    And he leaves them all about,
    Until up comes the Regiment and kicks the 'Eathen out.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Courtmount View Post
    fofad....
    I did say a modest fire!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Courtmount View Post
    fofad....
    This reminds me of a story from my family. My father has a beautiful (48 star) US flag, which is gargantuan. I believe it's from some naval ship. It had been the property of the boy scout camp he worked for, and was inventoried, I believe, as "eaten by rats, properly retired."

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    Quote Originally Posted by Courtmount View Post
    fofad....
    The stuff I wanted was on Atlantic conveyor

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jock Scot View Post
    A modest fire in the QM's store was always said to be a good way of explaining away the odd discrepancy..........!
    My brother served a hitch in the Navy. He was a chaplain's assistant on the Kitty Hawk (despite having never darkened the door of a church - typical Navy thinking!). One day in home port he was detailed to give the Quartermaster a hand with some inventory chores. After counting twice they had a pea coat that was unaccounted for. The Quartermaster turned to my brother said it would take more paperwork than it was worth to either add it to their stores or return it to central stores so if he wanted it he could have it. That's how I got a nice, government issue pea coat.

    Regards,

    Brian

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    Have you found any army stlye brouges online on the american side of the pond?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Trey View Post
    Have you found any army stlye brouges online on the american side of the pond?
    There are a few places they can be had for an arm & leg as you may have already discovered... But there is an ebay UK seller that usually has them available in several sizes brand new for GBP20.00, however his standard int'l shipping is GBP50.00 for 1+, so you will want to buy a few or more at a time.

    From memory, I believe you can get up to 4-5 pair @ the int'l flat rate he charges, basically GBP130-150 total. PM me if you want further info/details.

    Cheers,
    Christian

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    This is a question along the same kind of lines.......

    What do these bands and societies do with their kilts when they change or "upgrade"? Is there some kind of great big second hand kilt sale I don't know about? Has anyone though about contacting any of their local bands and asking about purchasing old, superseeded wear?

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    Danwell
    Here in Oz, I have seen on some bands websites that they do advertise surplus/old/redundant, kilts/hair sporrans/doublets/hose tops etc at reasonable prices. It's just a matter of checking the sites and seeing what they have to offer against what you are after. I suppose that you could get in touch with an official of any band and ask about surplus gear. The worst that could happen is that they say "sorry we don't have any" They may possibly know of a band that does though. Good luck in your hunting

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