my Full Dress in the 1980s

[OC Richard]

I just yesterday found this old photo of my in Full Dress in the mid 1980s.

The tartan is British Columbia.

I just now scanned it and uploaded it.

What a load of stuff to wear! I haven't owned any of that stuff in many years.

[longhuntr74]

What a splendid "uniform." I particularly like the Sgian and Dirk. Do you still have them at least? Is the Dirk a pricey one or is it a cheaper model? It sure looks nice!

[NorCalPiper]

Even though the dressed down penguin look has taken over as the "uniform" for higher state of piping, I still prefer the full No.1 dress. Yeah it sucks putting it all on, but it just looks so good! I'd say I'm decked out for 90% of my solo performances! Looking FANTASTIC Richard!

BTW-Are you playing Henderson S&I's ?

[OC Richard]

That is a very early set of Glens which I played for many years.

Cocus, ivory, and plain silver.

The set had started out life as a full ivory set and half-silvered in India. (An expert said that the silver was obviously Indian. I don't know how one could tell that.)

About that dirk, it was lovely and I wish I still had it. It appeared to be a high-quality Scottish-made dirk, though modern. The mounts are gilt, in a lovely Celtic pattern. The handles were hand-carved wood. Oh I wish I had never sold that dirk. I picked it up from a piper friend on some kind of swap. I can't even remember what I swapped for it!

[Mickey]

Wow! That is impressive. You looked almost as good then as you do now! I've always loved the look of a fully dressed piper.

[cessna152towser]

Looking very smart.

[creagdhubh]

Great photo, Richard! I especially like the Crimean war-esque beard with the feather bonnet!

Cheers,

[digitalR2]

Absolutely amazing photo! My respect sir. I like the tartan.

I've never noticed before that fully dressed pipers have a rapier.
Is that the rapier?

Thank you for sharing!

[Peter Crowe]

Very well turned out indeed! I'm sure the Pipe-Major was pleased.

[Kilted Magyar]

Magnificent!