Fine Scottish Highland Wear & Antique Silver
Scottish Diced Kilt Hose – Garters & Kilt Bows – We offer a fine range diced kilt hose. The House of Cheviot Scot Range is a range of classic diced kilt hose made in five colour selections that match with many tartans. The diced full hose and hose top range also offers the military pattern hose as supplied to the Highland regiments.
At the House of Cheviot, they combine traditional hand knitting skills developed over 200 years with the very latest knitting technology, to produce the best country socks, kilt hose, and shooting socks available. During manufacture, from the careful selection of yarns to the final hand-finishing, House of Cheviot products pass through many pairs of skilled hands, providing attention to every detail on every step of the craft making process, and thus ensuring that all of our finished socks are of the highest standard.
The Scot Range – Diced Kilt Hose
The Scot range of tartan and diced kilt hose in a range of colours that match many tartans and as worn by Highland regiment officers and military pipers. Made in a range of standard shoe sizes as list in the chart below. Made in 3 ply merino wool and acrylic blend for comfort and strength and machine washable. Fully reinforced through the foot area.
Period Pattern Kilt Garters – Kilt Bows & Gaelic Knots
We hand craft wonderful period pattern kilt garter ties, kilt flashes and kilt bows. Worn by private Highland wear clients, regiments, film and television productions around the world. Based on historical patterns we have developed classic Victorian style garter ties worn on modern elastic garters. In addition we offer full self tie kilt hose garters for those clients looking for that period vintage style. We currently offer a wide range classic patterns including Argyle garters, Atholl Highlanders, Black Watch regimental kilt bows, Gordon Highlanders and Seaforth Highlanders patterns.
Circa 1916 – 1918 Vintage WW1 Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders Regimental Sgian Dubh – Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders regimental white metal sgian dubh – Classic regimental Sgian Dubh in great used vintage condition. With a fine rock crystal stone set hilt mounted on the carved blackwood hilt bearing the regimental … Read More
Vintage Roe Buck Sgian Dubh – In hallmarked sterling silver with celtic and zoomorphic engraving band. Mounted with a Scottish Roe buck antler hilt and a plain silver disc on the top. Hallmarked in Edinburgh with the FG makers mark and dated 1971 Our range of fine hallmarked sterling silver skean dubh’s … Read More
WW2 Cameron Highlanders Regimental Sgian DubhWW2 Cameron Highlanders Regimental Sgian Dubh – The Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders or 79th (The Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders) Regiment of Foot was a line infantry regiment of the British Army. In brass with sphinx and thistle mounts and stone set with a smoky quartz … Read More
Travelling Folk Pipers – When did I first play the pipes is something I have thought about over the years. As a child of 10 years old a Travelling piper offered me a chance to blow on his pipes in Crieff, Perthshire. I did manage to get a sound out … Read More
Antique Regimental Sgian DubhsAntique Regimental Sgian Dubhs – Like many of our clients and collectors we have a passion for antique and vintage Scottish sgian dubhs. The regimental sgian dubhs have defined patterns, even though over the years the style has changed slightly over the years. We have grouped three … Read More
Cladich kilt garter flashes and their journey to the 21st Century Cladich kilt garter flashes and their journey to the 21st Century – There had been a community of McIntyres living at Cladich on Loch Awe and weaving the distinctive garter flashes. The garters were woven on a special hand … Read More
Gordon Highlanders Garter Flashes – A Short HistoryGordon Highlanders Garter Flashes – The loops are supposed to represent the stirrups of the Scots Greys that troops of the Gordon’s held on to at Waterloo, to speed them into the lines of the French. The story behind the regimental flashes – The 92nd … Read More
Lord Keith-Falconer Earl of Kintore Antique Scottish SporranLord Keith-Falconer Earl of Kintore Antique Scottish Sporran – A fine 1870-1880 sporran with brass cantle. The pouch was originally covered in otter fur but it required restoration. The front has now been restored using Musquash which is the closest fur to the … Read More
Seaforth Highlanders Regimental Pattern Garter FlashesSeaforth Highlanders Regimental Pattern Garter Flashes – Seaforth Highlanders regimental pattern garter flashes as worn by officers and Sgts of the regiment. However, by the middle of WW1 this pattern seems to have become standard issue across the ranks, before the war the standard OR’s … Read More
Scottish Regimental Pattern Kilt Knot BowsScottish Regimental Pattern Kilt Knot Bows – We hand craft regimental pattern kilt bows here in the Highlands of Scotland for private Highland wear clients, regimental clients and television productions. Based on classic patterns in grosgrain ribbon. The green version are worn on the kilts of sergeants … Read More
