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Links
Suppliers
Burnett's & Struth an excellent all-round supplier of Highland dress, based in Barrie, ON
The House of Labhran highland head-dress, antique sporrans, dirks and sgean dubhs.
Jarod Kearney An outstanding artisan who makes heirloom-quality sgean dubhas and dirks.
Joe Drouin a first-rate source of Canadian uniform accessories with exceptional customer service.
L & M Highland Supplies makers of the best sporrans in the world, and 100% Canadian!
Kilkeel Knitwear custom-knitted tartan and diced hose
Kinloch Anderson the best supplier of buckled shoes, also a good all-round supplier of quality merchandise
Kenneth Short Hosiery supplier of tartan and diced hose/hose tops to the British Army
Reference
The Regimental Drum Major Assoc. a very informative site, with MANY links to check out
Scottish Tartans Authority
X Marks the Scot A community of those who wear kilts.
Cool stuff
Frazz – I'm still a huge fan of 'Calvin and Hobbes' – and now I think I know how he turned out as an adult....
Gunghaggisfatchoy Toddish McWong's interface of Scots and Chinese culture. This is an example of what makes Vancouver such a wonderful city to live in. Haggis Dim Sum, anyone?
Pathfinder Parachute Group UK check it out, a travel agency for retired commandos!
theSneeze.com – if your squeamish friends are used to the sight of you eating haggis, then send them to this website!
Another passion of mine, wooden boats:
Brewery Creek Small Boat Shop
Meitheal Mara – researchers and builders of the Irish Currach
Naomhóga Chorcaí Irish Currachs
Nomad Boatbuilding
My ventures into journalism:
Haggis in All Its Glory
In Defense of Scrooge
Planning Six Centuries Ahead "I had heard this story twice from former Oxford students and whether or not it DID happen, it SHOULD HAVE happened. I can only say, like Caius Brittanicus; "Relata refero, ne Iupiter quirem omnibus placet" (I tell it the way I heard it, Jupiter Himself can't please everybody..."
Music
Blackthorn The web master's band so it has to be here...
Bowlingforsoup this Texas alt-punk band is Amerca's answer to the Barenaked Ladies. Witty, ireverent and obscene - they're more like me than I am!
The Lowland and Border Pipe Society because marching up and down in full dress is not the only way to play the pipes...
Mudmen A speed-metal band with bagpipes I can't play it in the car because it makes me speed...
Old Blind Dogs Richly-textured virtusio Scots folk which blends old tunes and modern sensibilties. A textbook example of 'traditional' made vibrantly 'relevant'. Absolutely bloody brilliant.
Taxichain Another Canadian (Blues) band with bagpipes in the line-up

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