show us your Cornish kilts & accessories

**TheOfficialBren** · 10th January 13, 05:25 AM

Richard, I just checked out your site. From one musician to another, well done, sir. I love the samples.

Originally Posted by OC Richard

Yes most of us are accustomed to the Great Highland Bagpipe of Scotland, but there are dozens and dozens of different bagpipe species in various countries, most of them completely unlike the GHB.

Those pipes I'm playing are Cornish Doublepipes made by Julian Goodacre of Peebles Scotland. Here's a link to his Cornish Doublepipes page

http://www.goodbagpipes.com/goodbagp...oublepipe.html

Here's a link to my site where you can hear me play them

http://www.celticpiper.net/instrumnt.htm

Thanks guys for the kudos for that latest Cornish tartan concept. I think I'm on to something, because that one just "jumps off the page" to me, which none of my previous designs had done. Those three lines in the blue field, I've moved those puppies all over the place and changed their colour and width and nothing clicked with me until I made them very narrow and spread them out. (That was the only variable because the St Piran Flag and Bezants are a given.)

**Llama** · 10th January 13, 07:57 AM

I always love to hear the input of the kiltmakers about how easy or difficult tartans are to pleat. I would never have picked up those things from OC Richard's lovely design with my untrained eye.

**Hamish** · 10th January 13, 10:53 AM

Sadly I have only just stumbled upon this thread - and felt obliged to 'have my say'. I added the Cornish National to my Kilt Kollection in 2006 and, although I have no known connections with that part of the United Kingdom, it is a tartan that has given me much pleasure to wear. It is not, however, the easiest of tartans to co-ordinate for other than formal wear! Here I am wearing it formally when I paired the kilt with a GT Doublet from Geoffrey (Tailor) of Edinburgh:

and here in a casual manner:

I am proud to say that Cornovi (the Cornish tartans specialists) have me as part of the 'banner' on the Kilt Sales page of their website (http://www.cornish-tartans.co.uk) - I am second from the left!

Take care,
Ham.