Tunes of Glory Kilts _ Gerald Harper

[mull]

That's so cool!!

There is a Tunes of Glory Pipe Band here in the USA. They don't wear that tartan, however.

A little off topic but, Tunes of Glory wears the Modern Hunting MacInnes tartan. Thanks for pluging my band, Richard.

Joe

[OC Richard]

Tunes of Glory wears the Modern Hunting MacInnes tartan.

Wouldn't it be awsome if you wore this kit?



It's a wonderful uniform! That tartan looks so good with the Battledress jackets, the TOS, and especially those London Scottish hair sporrans.

[mull]

Wouldn't it be awsome if you wore this kit?



It's a wonderful uniform! That tartan looks so good with the Battledress jackets, the TOS, and especially those London Scottish hair sporrans.

It would be.
Are the ankles taped in this pic with white tape or is that a stripe in the hose? Never saw that before.

[Macman]

It would be.
Are the ankles taped in this pic with white tape or is that a stripe in the hose? Never saw that before.

Those, I think, are part of the puttees. Usually they are the same colour as the wide part of the puttees; I've never seen them white before.

[OC Richard]

Those, I think, are part of the puttees. Usually they are the same colour as the wide part of the puttees; I've never seen them white before.

The puttees are wool, the colour British call "khaki" and Americans call "olive drab". The straps are herringbone pattern cotton. The ones worn with combat dress had the straps a slightly lighter colour than the puttees themselves (I have an original WWII pair).

But Regimental Police, Pipes & Drums, and the like took to wearing the puttees with more ceremonial orders of dress, with white straps.

In The Black Watch there was actually an order of dress called "Kilts, Boots, and Puttees" which was the exclusive dress of the Regimental Police. These dressy-looking puttees were the colour British call "light khaki" and Americans call "khaki" with white straps.

[kc8ufv]

The puttees are wool, the colour British call "khaki" and Americans call "olive drab". The straps are herringbone pattern cotton. The ones worn with combat dress had the straps a slightly lighter colour than the puttees themselves (I have an original WWII pair).

But Regimental Police, Pipes & Drums, and the like took to wearing the puttees with more ceremonial orders of dress, with white straps.

In The Black Watch there was actually an order of dress called "Kilts, Boots, and Puttees" which was the exclusive dress of the Regimental Police. These dressy-looking puttees were the colour British call "light khaki" and Americans call "khaki" with white straps.

Interesting how names of colors change with time. Around here, the color we now call OD was once called khaki. Now, khaki is about the same color as sand on the beach.

[Mike_Oettle]

It’s also interesting, kc8ufv, how different nations see (or at least name) colours. The Nazi Sturmabteiling (SA) were known as Braunhemden, which is usually translated into English as Brownshirts, although they actually wore khaki shirts.
It’s an appellation I find odd, since I frequently wear chocolate brown shirts (I am in fact wearing one right now, with a kilt).
Regards,
Mike