Putting together an kit (84th Royal Highland Emigrants)

**Nick the DSM** · 6th October 14, 05:38 PM

My brother and I are getting into re-enacting and with a thesis in Highland Loyalism, We've decided to go the most logical route possible.

Join a Highland regiment.

Trying to get more period correct stuff. I've got the back sites down, Townsend, Godwin, etc.

The things that seem to be hard to get are: Raccoon sporran (The regiment leader said my black rob roy will do for a while.), Fully knit blue bonnet. I wish Ryan Ross still made his, I have one but it has red toorie when they need blue. And finally, red/white bag hose material. Or at least a place where it's almost historically accurate.

Thanks for any help.

**Sir William** · 6th October 14, 06:29 PM

Welcome to the Highland reenacting community!

For bag hose cloth, I prefer Wm Booth, Draper, https://www.wmboothdraper.com/ He only has the bag cloth with black lines now, but I have some of his earlier bag cloth without the lines and it is outstanding!

Mara Riley makes bonnets, but she has a lot of other projects on her plate so I'm not sure if she'd have time, but you can ask her. http://marariley.net/

**figheadair** · 7th October 14, 11:09 PM

And presumably Government tartan in correct shades for the time?

**Benning Boy** · 8th October 14, 10:23 AM

You can get a bonnet here: http://historicalcaps.net/page2.htm

Quality is high, price reasonable, and service excellent.

Why is a raccoon sporran required?

**Tarheel** · 8th October 14, 10:41 AM

I thank you for the link to bonnets, Benning Boy. I bet the raccoon sporran was due to the abundance of the masked villain as pelt material for that era. Just a guess.

**Nick the DSM** · 8th October 14, 10:24 PM

I appreciate the replies. The regiment leader is a bit of a stickler and said the material from WM Booth wouldn't be quite accurate. Looks like I'll have to find another way, probably from a shop.

Quite a nice shop you linked, Benning. I may look into that one. Knitted too, that has been a pain to find. The raccoon sporrans were issued by Major General MacLean as Tarheel said, because of the abundance of them. I've got a few sources saying it was for that reason.

Figheadair, I'll be interested in finding out the accurate shadings.