I'm very impressed! Thanks for sharing!

I'm the one in the red bonnet (without the fancy symbol of office and chain).

And thanks - it was a high quality bonnet going for a song on eBay a couple years ago.

Lord Lyon Morrow was a guest of honour at the Utah Scottish Festival and Highland Games and presented the Utah Scottish Association with a grant of arms:

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I spent some time in the Heraldry...

My cow-skin dress sporran from Ian Grant of Edinburgh certainly looks the part from more than a few feet away (and if somebody were to get closer to my sporran than that, I'd start to wonder a bit). ...

As you can read in the thread kindly linked by ShaunMaxwell, coats of arms are regulated by law in the UK (as well as other countries), though the United States has no such laws. The thing to keep...

I've looked in a few of my heraldic books and have yet to find anything that says there's a difference. Stephen Friar's New Heraldic Dictionary assumes that all straps are tucked, while Heather...

Very nice! And I have to say that I love the Monty Python reference in the thread title - very clever!

Final "bump" and price reduced - if you're at all interested, now's the time!

Thank you!

Replying for the 15-day "bump" and to announce the price reduction to $75 including shipping to continental US (as stated in the updated first post, international buyers PM me to discuss shipping...

Woah.

I didn't realize it had lapels until I saw the picture without a jacket. Lining the tartan up that perfectly everywhere two pieces came together must have been no small feat!

Very, very...

I didn't respond to the survey question because there's not an option that fits me.

I would participate in a clan society if one existed for Clan MacQueen.

I was considering starting one myself...

I have found that there is an idea that may be rooted in history but is largely, at least in modern terms, more fantasy than fact. That idea is one of pledging allegiance to a clan chief by wearing...

I typically wear a 10 (D/M) and they're a touch on the large side, even with kilt hose on. I'd say they're about the same as a US/Can. 10.5.

As the thread title states, I'm selling these ghillie brogues. They're a UK size 9.5 (US 10.5) and were worn only once (indoor only). I simply wasn't quite satisfied with the fit and found a pair...

Resurrecting the plaid discussion a bit...

C.R. MacKinnon's Scottish Tartans and Highland Dress, though somewhat dated (1960), states in the section on formal evening dress (e.g., white tie):
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I'd also add that it is a fairly recent development in those regions. I've been married almost 10 years, and 10 years ago there was no discussion whatsoever of grooms' cakes (or anything else "groom...

Here's me with my kids (faces blurred for privacy) at the Utah Scottish Festival and Highland Games with our very own Santa Matty Ross:
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I don't know if this is currently on the Lyon Court page, but it is a document still hosted by the Society of Scottish Armigers:

http://www.scotarmigers.net/pdfs/info-leaflet-7.pdf

I have no...

I think 5:30 - 6:00 is a grey enough area that it could go both ways. If you're doing some form of reception/party afterwards, I'd go eveningwear, but if events (a luncheon, maybe?) are happening in...

In my previous post I also neglected to mention that, if going "formal", you might want to consider wearing a dirk - not only because it is added "bling" when you're going full-peacock as the groom,...

I was married in a suit that my wife and I chose and purchased in advance of the wedding, largely because we were poor as church mice and a suit that would be used past the actual wedding made...

The interesting thing to note from the article is that the Lyon Court only became involved after a complaint from a member of the public; so I would hardly say it's Lord Lyon "going after" football...

I may be late to the game (I don't come around here as often as I used to), but I wanted to say that my preference is actually for number one.

I didn't realize this until I saw the gif of the two...

That is a very nice bonnet, Ern! I also really like the colour, so I'll have to keep an eye out for any others Dixiecat might offer!

I neglected to take the camera to the Utah Scottish Festival and Highland Games today, but I decided to get to the grapes I'd been neglecting right as I got home. My wife snapped this photo:...