Thread: What Do You Look Like ?

I am wearing weathered Buchanan - I chose it as it fits closest to my ancestry - mother was a Watt and father had Watt in his family tree (I used to say he was a .5 Watt). Reality is though - any tartan for anybody. It was really small things like oak leaves or feathers etc worn in the cap or noticeably elsewhere that defined your clan. The tartan thing really came into being after an English king, George 4th?, visited Edinburgh in the 1820's and some Scots, Walter Scott - Georges pal - was involved, made a big deal of highland dress in a large pageant. From there on the quaint dress was affirmed as our national garb. Takes the edge off it a bit - sorry. Much more fun to think of us chasing deer across the moors dressed in tartan. Romantic images and stories tend to stick better than the poverty, squalor and rags that would have been much more common.

I am going to a ceilidh on Saturday in our town and will enjoy wearing it - it is superb to dance in. And apologies for the opportunity taken to go on about on the strange thing that is Scottish history.

My wifes lovely - and the funny thing is she doesn't take a great picture - she's much nicer in real life!

cheers
Stephen

Originally Posted by WireBeard

She has a lovely smile! What tartan are you wearing? MacGregor here.

The only tartan I have is the black forest clan. Sadly I have no scottish blood in me (though I have a scottish last name) so I just go with what's cheap.

Originally Posted by Makar

It was really small things like oak leaves or feathers etc worn in the cap or noticeably elsewhere that defined your clan.

My mother is a MacDougall and the badge of our clan (and the various clan septs) is the bell heather worn on the cap.

Tartans are fun, but kilts are expensive so I wear tartan as a tie when I wear it.

Originally Posted by gssixgun

I guess you could say I am a very busy person I am always doing something, between work, gunsmithing/shooting, "The Razor Hobby" and teaching Kempo 3 nights a week, I never stop moving.....
Now ya know why I value the relaxation of shaving so much...
Wow I need a haircut too!!!!!


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WOW! That sure is a lot of stripes on that blackbelt of yours.

This is from last year.

Thought you should know SinglerM, polar bears can climb trees too! And dressing in white's not going to fool them!

Happy tree surgery (and watch out for them bears)!

Here's a larger version of my avatar. I think normal "smile for the camera!" pictures are boring. I'm too young to be all stuffed up about that stuff:



And here's one with me and my younger (yes, younger) brother wrapping up my best day duck hunting to date. He's closest to the camera (on the left from viewer's perspective):



And here's one with me and my girlfriend. I love rockin' out the creepy smile every now and then.

Here I am with my '88 Springer Softail a couple of years ago. This was just prior to the first ride after her complete rebuild and customization that I did.


This is another of me a couple years back just screwing around.....

Originally Posted by Makar

Thought you should know SinglerM, polar bears can climb trees too! And dressing in white's not going to fool them!

Happy tree surgery (and watch out for them bears)!

You're right about that. Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide.

Mitch

This is me with two of my birds, and with a monster cobia I caught (it was my first ever).