balmoral

[James MacMillan]

Here's another good source for Balmorals.

[gilmore]

OK, I was close!

Do any balmorals come in all black?

Yes, lots and lots. In fact if you do a websearch for Tartan Army pix, you will see few checked band balmorals and lots of black ones, although glengarries seem more popular.

See:

http://giftshop.scottishtartans.org/bonnets.htm

http://www.pennys.ca/hats.php ($22.50 each)

http://www.kilts-n-stuff.com/Highlan...ries/hats.html

http://russetlodgeknits.blogspot.com.../label/bonnets

http://jas-townsend.com/product_info...roducts_id=250

You can also do a search on Ebay for all black balmorals in a variety of qualities.

[beloitpiper]

OK, I was close!

Do any balmorals come in all black?

My pipe band (Irish) used to wear all black balmorals (well, caubeens), but we now wear all black glengarries.

[BoldHighlander]

Being a student of the 18th century (& being involved with the recreated 84th Royal Highland Emigrants: 1777-1780) 'Indigo' (or dark Navy Blue) as mentioned is the proper colour.
You can still find alot of Navy Blue balmorals & glengarrys out there.
Some commercial ones look black, but when you hold them in natural sunlight you will notice a blueish hue to them.
J. Higgins has some nicely made & priced bal's & glen's.

If your interested, woad (sort of a light or light-greyish-blue) was popular during the 17th century (another era I'm interested in & am in the process of recreating a kit for).

Hope this helps!

[Robertson]

Another good source! Mossie Croft (ebay)

[haxtonhouse]

I bought one from JAS Townsend. It's really good quality, and it looks good!

[thescot]

Of all my hats, bonnets, caps, and glengarries, my very first was an all black Scottish-made balmoral with black toorie and headband. It's quite salty now and still my favorite.

They're all over the place if you do a little searching. Go to the games next chance you get.

(Hey, man, I only need 10 more to make 1000 posts!)