How to Put on a Piper's Plaid, 29Aug2015

[@TheGameStorePiper]

Brian Donaldson would know. He's done that more than a few times I'd reckon...

[@RidseardMhicCoinnich]

Haircut wouldn't be amiss, looks like he's got a feather bonnet under his glengarry

[@nicolea2839]

That laddie is looking good in his full Scottish getup

[@kevinhendryx665]

The viewer can't really see the most crucial step -- getting that short end over the shoulder and back and tying what appears to be a knot of some kind and tucking the remainder under the fall. How to keep that big metal brooch from scratching and scuffing the drones is another question.

[@pipergy]

I wish one of the guys in back would share their video so we could see how he wrapped the Plaid in the back.

[@vikingpiper]

I'll pass this on to the rest of the Board, and maybe we can revisit this video w/ some better footage at the next workshop.

[@robbrownfield7677]

Hmmm, not a way I have seen. We always had the first two pleats of the plaid pulled forward, so that 2 lines of the shoulder shell was showing. This leaves a lot of “mess” on the shoulder, with the epaulette showing and the brooch at an odd angle.

[@vikingpiper]

Lots of different ways. This keeps the shoulder & flying epaulet completely visible and stands the brooch proud and forward. This is the method of the Scots Guards as Brian is the former PM.

[@robbrownfield7677]

@@vikingpiper that’s not the way the I have witnessed the Scots Guards do it. They take the short end and tuck each pleat under itself and twist to form a large platform for the brooch, which sits facing the front. It’s very intricate and time consuming. kzbin.info/www/bejne/e2K7eHd4baqnhKssi=EB7eTXzkvUz56heJ

[@lindathrall5133]

THE GENTLEMAN GETTING HIS PLAID PUT INTO PLACE I NOTICE HE'S WEARING HIS RANK PINS ON HIS GLENGARRY CAP IS THAT ALLOWED?

[@vikingpiper]

With fire departments, we've created some of our own rules. It wouldn't fly in traditional military or civilian bands. It's still frowned upon, but I guess we do what we want.

[@tonysenior348]

When is next workshop? Is it open to outside FD's?

[@jimmclean9312]

Actually the first thing you should do is remove the left Epaulette from the shoulder which interferes with the pipes.

[@vikingpiper]

That is actually normally how we did it. However, Mr. Donaldson, who is a former PM of the Scots Guard, showed us this way in which none were removed, the finished product looked more presentable, and there was no drone interference. We've since adopted this style, and it has been working well.

[@piperbob2]

This is the way to do it properly. Nothing worse than seeing a plaid that isn't swept back when the plaid brooch is pinned: plaids that are left to cover the left arm, look just awful.

[@tovarishlumberjack2356]

Americans

[@vikingpiper]

Taught by a Scotsman.