Robert Mackie bonnets on Ebay

[OC Richard]

Yes indeed that's a Robert Mackie label.

It has the firm's logo (that stylised thistle) but not their name.

They used this label for at least a half-century, and all the Ebay bonnets I've listed here have it.

Being adhesive, unfortunately many genuine Mackies have no labels.

Here it is on a bonnet from the 1980s



Here's a bonnet I bought around five years ago. As you see it has their traditional adhesive label, and in addition a new label sewn into the binding



Here's a yet more recent bonnet showing new labels. Note the traditional label now lacks their thistle logo.

Plus there's a new label with the Mackie name and an even more stylised thistle.

[Bad Monkey]

Another Mackie (with label intact) in a beautiful blue which I can't recall seeing before.

30 Pounds.

Not navy, not Lovat, not Saxe. I wouldn't know what to call it.

But Mackie had made up matching dicing, suggesting that it was a production colour at one time.

(I know photos can be deceiving, but generally if an Ebay seller posts a large number of photos at least one of them will hint at the true colour.)

https://www.ebay.com/itm/31654401227...temCondition=4

If only it was a wee bit bigger...

That is a fantastic color IMHO

[OC Richard]

That is a fantastic color IMHO

It is. I do wonder if it's Saxe Blue but just showing up dark in the photos.

Hard to imagine that photos could change Saxe Blue into that, though.

The Mackie blues are being tough for me to pin down.

I thought I'd seen a Sky Blue, clearly different from their Saxe Blue, but I can't find a photo of a bonnet like that. Maybe it was just a faded Saxe Blue bonnet?

I know I've seen a Royal Blue, deeper and more intense than Saxe Blue, but I can't seem to find a definitive photo of that either.

[OC Richard]

Blue Mackie Balmoral, red/white/black diced, with Mackie label, size 58 7 1/4.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/40594762950...102140.m167418

[OC Richard]

Here's one with Mackie label, 7 1/4 58

https://www.ebay.com/itm/18627186673...ndition=4%7C10

[OC Richard]

Mackie Balmoral with label, size 58 or 7 3/8, $35.

Looks to be in good condition.

After so many diced ones, it's nice to see a plain black one.

Note it has a black tourie. When I worked in a shop which stocked Mackie bonnets the plain Navy Blue ones came with a red tourie and the plain black ones came with a black tourie.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/36568823125...102140.m167418

[OC Richard]

With Robert Mackie label, dark blue Balmoral with dicing, a bit shabby, size 57, $25

https://www.ebay.com/itm/32652619324...ndition=4%7C10

[geomick]

With Robert Mackie label, dark blue Balmoral with dicing, a bit shabby, size 57, $25

https://www.ebay.com/itm/32652619324...ndition=4%7C10

if that is a UK 7-1/8, then it stands a reasonable chance of fitting. Worth the gamble to me.