Need advice: run in with Kilt (feather?) Police

[macwilkin]

The following information leaflet from the Lyon Court in Scotland explains the issue quite nicely:

http://www.lyon-court.com/lordlyon/242.html

Generally, armigers today usually have the feather incorporated in their badge when it is cast.

So, I would agree with Matt; you are fine in using the feathers, but it's always good to be mindful of such customs, even when it may seem they are "silly" or not applicable to those of us in the colonies.

Regards,

Todd

[auld argonian]

Also be aware of the fact that possession of Eagle feathers without the proper federal dispensation (for any one of several very good reasons) can land you in the scheiss. This has been brought up here on previous occasions but since I've spent the last year recovering banged up birds under a permit from the DFW, I've had to basically swear that I won't take or keep any feathers from the birds that I rescue.

Pheasants, as I understand it, are either farmed or not included in the list of protected birds so there shouldn't be a problem...

...UNTIL you run into someone who thinks that he knows more than you do and decides that he feels like mouthing off. You were in the food line? Was this fella in the beer line?

At least you got off easy...I seem to remember one of our kilted brethren telling a story about being confronted by a drunken dude who insisted that the Xsmarkser was wearing "his clan tartan" and that he had to take the kilt off right then and there or violence was going to ensue. The alcohol-impaired challenger was, reportedly, subsequently restrained by his fellow clan members and the Xsmarkser went on his merry way.

Just another example of something that was being kicked around on the "Kilt Do's and Don'ts" thread: there's a right way and a wrong way to let someone know how to fine-tune their kilt outfit. Polite and constructive and don't pontificate!

Best

AA

[James MacMillan]

What about Pink Feathers?????

[davedove]

What about Pink Feathers?????

Careful, the FLF (Flamingo Liberation Front) may come after you.

[JerseyLawyer]

I agree that you should avoid eagle feathers, or anything that looks like eagle feathers. That's not the same thing as a cocade, though, or cock feathers like you sometimes see worn (which are curved, IIRC).

Anyway, I guess four feathers would make you king.

[Andrew M. Stewart]

At least you got off easy...I seem to remember one of our kilted brethren telling a story about being confronted by a drunken dude who insisted that the Xsmarkser was wearing "his clan tartan" and that he had to take the kilt off right then and there or violence was going to ensue. The alcohol-impaired challenger was, reportedly, subsequently restrained by his fellow clan members and the Xsmarkser went on his merry way.

AA

I just busted a gut!!!!

[Bugbear]

Unfortunatly, I only seem to be entitled to wear a dunce cap.

[Nick the DSM]

you could say that you just hunted fowl recently and like the look of the feathers in your hat.

[Tartanraven]

As an Amiger, I'm entitled to one eagle feather (I call it the "rudder") and I wear this behind my clan badge (Keith)....HOWEVER, I only do this on very rare occasions such as games where there are others whom are armigerous. The point to that is, we tend to clique up and harumph about nonsense that nobody else would get. Beyond that, I think it makes me look twattish and overly self impressed. I do NAE wear it in Scotland, as I get quite tired with the questions and accusations. I do not take my standard with me, and certainly do not keep a wee copy of my matriculation on me. Advice is simple...in the US, do as you wish, it really is of no consequence...in Scotland, leave the plumage at home. As far as hackles, I have a brother in the 3rd of the 42nd, and have been given by him a red hackle to wear behind my fathers Watch bonnet badge.
Honestly, I think a smallish pheasant feather looks rather toffish, but that is just me.