Pleasanton California Highland Games

[switchblade5984]

here you go mike

http://www.reliks.com/merchant.ihtml?pid=1701&step=4
some people just call the baskethilts or baskethilt claymore

http://www.reliks.com/merchant.ihtml?pid=1396
standard wallace claymore

http://www.reliks.com/merchant.ihtml?pid=2512
standard claymore

[Mike1]

Thanks for the links. It's some new lessons learned.

[Ialtog]

Panache wrote: "While they were playing their set a group of belly dancers began to dance near the stage. They were invited up and the Tinkers launched into a really interesting Middle Eastern jam session for them to dance to. It was very interesting to see how closely the bagpipes could mimic middle eastern pipes. They seemed to be having a complete blast performing."

The Tinkers, especially Aaron Shaw, always give props to the Persians in piping development. We have a local belly dancing troupe here and one of the more popular events at our Celtic Festival is when the Tinkers invite them up on stage and play a few tunes for them. It is pretty cool to see the different cultures intertwined like that...although my partner doubts my interest in culture is why I never miss that show.