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    Quote Originally Posted by spr0k3t View Post
    Now I'm not a proper Scotsman grounded by the borders of Scotland... but this pic I always found a smidge off.
    Yes. The fellow 2nd from the right (in the back with the gray jacked & waistcoat), from what I can see, is about the only one that looks "traditional". At least how it is viewed here anyway.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MacKenzie View Post
    Yes. The fellow 2nd from the right (in the back with the gray jacked & waistcoat), from what I can see, is about the only one that looks "traditional". At least how it is viewed here anyway.
    Ahem, cough cough, non of them are dressed traditionally!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jock Scot View Post
    Ahem, cough cough, non of them are dressed traditionally!
    Pick the lad's attire apart then.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MacKenzie View Post
    Pick the lad's attire apart then.
    Well alright, he is the best of a bad lot. Except for the sporran with its offset sporran flap fastening, kilt worn too low and the dreadful Windsor knot for his tie that really wont do.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jock Scot View Post
    Well alright, he is the best of a bad lot. Except for the sporran with its offset sporran flap fastening, kilt worn too low and the dreadful Windsor knot for his tie that really wont do.
    Noticed that about the sporran, but can't really tell if it's an offset flap or not (the one on the far left certainly is). I do think it's worn too high.

    Yes, all the kilts are too low.

    What's your preferred tie knot?
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    Quote Originally Posted by MacKenzie View Post
    Noticed that about the sporran, but can't really tell if it's an offset flap or not (the one on the far left certainly is). I do think it's worn too high.

    Yes, all the kilts are too low.

    What's your preferred tie knot?
    I think? Its called a fore?(four?)-in -hand knot.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jock Scot View Post
    I think? Its called a fore?(four?)-in -hand knot.
    Four. It was designed for a carriage driver to hold the reins of four horses in one hand, thus, 'four in hand'

    Skinniest of the various versions.
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