The general opinion of Jacobite Shirts?

[Nighthawk]

I wear mine for dancing (Ceroc & Folk) with a lightweight under-shirt to mop up the sweat. Looks good, the ladies seem to like it. Only drawback is that it can be very hot to dance in when the weather heats up!

Really? I find that mine breathes really well. That's why I always wear it to festivals- people think I'm wearing it as a costume, but I wear it because it's very functional. Unless I'm at a Renaissance Scots event. Then I wear it as part of my costume.

[Tetley]

Really? I find that mine breathes really well. That's why I always wear it to festivals- people think I'm wearing it as a costume, but I wear it because it's very functional. Unless I'm at a Renaissance Scots event. Then I wear it as part of my costume.

Depends how hard you dance. If I wear a normal t-shirt for Ceroc, for example, I need to take 2 or 3 extras to change into during the course of an evening's dancing.

Last weekend (2008.07.26) was the Warwick Folk Festival and I wore the Jacobite shirt for the last ceilidh of the festival. By the time I got home I could wring the sweat out of both the under-shirt and the Jacobite shirt. It was a very hot and muggy evening and I'm not sedate dancer

[Nighthawk]

Depends how hard you dance. If I wear a normal t-shirt for Ceroc, for example, I need to take 2 or 3 extras to change into during the course of an evening's dancing.

Last weekend (2008.07.26) was the Warwick Folk Festival and I wore the Jacobite shirt for the last ceilidh of the festival. By the time I got home I could wring the sweat out of both the under-shirt and the Jacobite shirt. It was a very hot and muggy evening and I'm not sedate dancer

OK. Muggy is something I have little experience. I live in a desert climate. It was 102 F today, with something like 5% humidity so I really have no idea how I would react to a humid climate in mine. I suspect not good- most of my family live in Ohio, and on the rare occasions that I go to visit, I spend a week congested and wet. So now that you mention muggy, I see your point!

[Jack Daw]

OK. Muggy is something I have little experience. I live in a desert climate. It was 102 F today, with something like 5% humidity so I really have no idea how I would react to a humid climate in mine. I suspect not good- most of my family live in Ohio, and on the rare occasions that I go to visit, I spend a week congested and wet. So now that you mention muggy, I see your point!

I have lived in a humid climate (Corpus Christi, Baton Rouge, and Houston) since 1967. I've learned that wearing a T-shirt under an outer shirt is the best comfort. But, the loose-fitting "jacobite"/pirate/swashbuckler shirt seems to be quite breezy and appropriate without an undie. I still ain't gonna wear one.