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    modified brogues

    Has anyone here ever managed to get a regular pair of brogues modified into ghillie brogues. I have a pair of black doc martin brogues which I love, and wear with a kilt on most occasions. I am playing this summer with a pipe band that wears white hose (ughhh!) and ghillies. My old band wore very dark green hose so I was able to just through some ghillie laces in them and I was good. But I don`t think I can pull that off with white hose. I`d hate to go out and buy a pair of ghillies mainly cus I find them very uncomfy! Anyone had any successes

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    well

    I wear straight brogues. Maybe take a sharpie and draw the laces on the white hose.

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    There was a vendor in, IIRC, New Zealand offering that service -- it came up in a thread a few months ago. There's also an XMarker in the U.S. hand-making shoes who might be willing to tackle the conversion for you. Consensus in the "conversion" thread was that the conversion would probably cost as much as a new pair, but if that's what it takes to keep the dogs happy. . . !

    I'll see if I can come up with that thread or perhaps somebody else will be quicker with it.

    Here's the vendor:
    http://www.kilts.co.nz/mitbrogs.htm

    And here are two threads where that vendor has been mentioned:

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    As well as adding the laces, I wonder if it might be feasible to remove the tongue and use some sort of white dye/paint to (neatly) paint in the illusion of spaces between the lace-holes.

    Actually, on reflection, that sounds like the sort of great idea that ends with a ruined pair of shoes...

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    That`s McMurdo. That`s what I was looking for. I did seem to remember reading a thread once about this but did the search and couldn`t find it. Thanks again

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    Sounds like it would be more expensive than a new pair of shoes.

    Might as well buy a new pair, and then you'll have two pair!
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    voca me cum benedictis." -"Dies Irae" (Day of Wrath)

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    Quote Originally Posted by highland mafia View Post
    I`d hate to go out and buy a pair of ghillies mainly cus I find them very uncomfy! Anyone had any successes
    Gaelic Themes makes excellent ghillies for marching that are very comfortable. Check them out on www.gaelicthemes.com

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    I understand why you want to convert your Doc's.. like Riverkilt mentioned in another post... I have big,wide feet and I cannot just buy shoes without trying them on first.. what one calls wide, may not be wide enough... I wish you luck on your search... and if you can find some Ghillies that fit at an affordable price...good deal... I hope you are able to get what you need... be it a reasonable conversion, or a new pair..
    “Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.”
    – Robert Louis Stevenson

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