Made out like a kilted bandit!

[frank_a]

As a matter of fact I will. I still have most of a bottle of Glenfiich, plus some good cognac and Armagnac, & I'm not much of a drinker!

Cheers!

Frank

[OC Richard]

Now all I need is a dress belt/buckle.

Frank, I have a very nice one I never wear anymore, the civilian Evening Dress width belt with a couple buckles, the standard chrome Celtic knotwork & bosses type, and a lovely heavy pewter stag & Celtic knotwork one from Glen Esk. I'd sell the belt and both buckles to you cheap. Nowadays I always wear the extra-wide "piper" size belt with a vintage buckle.

Here's the Glen Esk buckle I don't use, but mine is more shiny



Here's the traditional standard buckle that fits the same belt which I likewise don't get any use out of, in fact I've only worn it a couple times

[Nathan]

What's with the Wallace tartan necktie Frank? I thought you were a Campbell.

[frank_a]

What's with the Wallace tartan necktie Frank? I thought you were a Campbell.

Och! Interesting story here...

My dad's mom was a Campbell & a full blooded Scot, so yes, I was and am a Campbell. Then a few months ago I was invited to apply for membership with the St. Andrew's Society of Albany, NY. Membership requires you to be either directly from Scotland, or be able to prove a direct link through an ancestor. For all my 40 + years of genealogical research I have never been able to trace the Campbell line back to Scotland. I get held up with the 1802 birth of a Campbell grandfather in Canada, and can't seem to get back to his dad. But my grandmother's mom was a Wallace, and I can trace that line back to Scotland. So now I have an interest in the most recent line I can prove Scot descendancy.

Long story, but interesting. My next step next month is doing the ancestry.com DNA thing. I should know more then. I think...

Frank

[frank_a]

Frank, I have a very nice one I never wear anymore, the civilian Evening Dress width belt with a couple buckles, the standard chrome Celtic knotwork & bosses type, and a lovely heavy pewter stag & Celtic knotwork one from Glen Esk. I'd sell the belt and both buckles to you cheap. Nowadays I always wear the extra-wide "piper" size belt with a vintage buckle.

Here's the Glen Esk buckle I don't use, but mine is more shiny

i am interested, please contact me. Thanks!

Frank

[frank_a]

I forgot to mention another great gift I got for Christmas, not kilted, but Great Britain origination - complete mp3 collections of Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin, all their studio albums and a number of live ones. While I owned most of both groups on vinyl many years past, I never knew about "How the West Was Won," a 2003 release of live concert recordings from Zep's '72 tour in the states. Jimmy Page suggests it was their most creative time, and I can only agree!

Besides that, I got a very nice system3 winter jacket from Eastern Mountain Sports. It is going to come in real handy for the deep freeze we have coming!

Cheers!

Frank

[English Bloke]

Zep & Floyd complete... Can't go wrong with that.

Just a quick note on your smashin' bonnet, the cockade (the black ribbony bit) doesn't go over your left eye as a beret badge would, but it goes slightly forward of your left ear.

Found a thread here with some good advice from Jock Scot (and others) there-in.

[frank_a]

Zep & Floyd complete... Can't go wrong with that.

Just a quick note on your smashin' bonnet, the cockade (the black ribbony bit) doesn't go over your left eye as a beret badge would, but it goes slightly forward of your left ear.

Found a thread here with some good advice from Jock Scot (and others) there-in.

Listened to Zep's 1st 4 albums already this morning!

Yes, that pic of me with new stuff - I was not really "arranged" properly. I've been keeping that cockade over my left temple. I don't think this is a very good bonnet anyways, so will be looking to get a good one soon, in a color I like. Don't get me wrong here, it was a great gift, but not the kind of hat you would wear much.

Cheers!

Frank

[English Bloke]

I see... apologies, you are obviously seasoned in matters bonnet.

I saw Zeppelin at the Knebworth festival on 04 August 1979. Still recall it vividly. Still got the programme in mint condition even... It's been tucked in my 'Coda' album sleeve for 35 years.



An absolutely tremendous day... except that Chas 'n' Dave were on as well (rabbit rabbit rabbit rabbit). Dreadful supporting band!!

[frank_a]

Well, no, I am NOT well seasoned in matters bonnet, but I'm trying!

I saw Zep in June 72 in the Forum in Montreal. I didn't remember it much until re-living the audio on that How the West Was Won live album. Jimmy Page is at his absolute finest on Dazed & Confused, just awesome guitar stuff!

Cheers!

Frank