Talk:Bearskin

message: I removed the line stating that the Canadian population is roughly half a million and the source, not relavent to the bearskin hat, and if your read it you see that the population is on the rise and that the States also have almost half a million black bears, two halves is about one whole million. So, despite a growing population, despite being having approximately a million in north america, that sentence was phrased as if it was small and in danger from the hat industry. Furthermore, while the hats are black, ruling out that some of the fur comes from brown or other bears and can be dyed black without sources is not acceptable.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.137.207.191 (talk) 01:53, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I think that line should be reinstated. The fur for the hats is only taken from black bears and only those living in Canada, so the number of black bears in North America, or the number of brown bears anywhere, is not relevent. Those who are using the bears for hats claim that the bears are plentiful, by stating the approximate number, the reader can decide.Bob98133 (talk) 13:04, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Population

message: Is there no further information on where the tradition of wearing bearskin came from other than that the belgian army started using it and so the british did as well ?
ps: wiki noob here, i hope posting this here is ok.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.3.219.68 (talk) 00:06, 14 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: No, that's a valid concern... you didn't do anything "noob" :D 130.195.5.7 (talk) 07:42, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: History / Creation of

message: Someone might wanna check in more detail with the Pipes and Drums of the Royal Regiment of Scotland, as i have a feeling a good majority wear them, included the Black Watch, the 3rd Battalion. Also I think it might be used by the bands of some of the Battalions as well, judging from the Royal Edinburgh Tattoo videos.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.50.241.223 (talk) 13:30, 6 June 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: The ceremonial headdress of the RRS looks a bit like a bearskin but it is actually made of ostrich feathers on a wire body. The offical title, as used in dress regulations, is "bonnet". Buistr (talk) 05:36, 7 June 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi - if you can find some references, add them in. I looked for some and it was quite confusing since there are now a lot of groups that do re-enactments that wear them, but the present day corps don't. If there's enough of them, maybe it should be formatted in a short list or something.Bob98133 (talk) 15:17, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Not sure about links but I can provide photos from my time as a piper. Ozdaren (talk) 10:50, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

text: That would be cool, but it might not fly by Wiki standards. I found lots of contemporary pictures of military in bearskins, but as I said they were from reenactments, so it wasn't clear if they were still in use or not.Bob98133 (talk) 14:11, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  Found an online photo link . The drummers wear bearskins which were donated (not mentioned in the link) from the Scots Guards which is the UK affiliated regiment of 3RAR . The actual drum major wears the complete guardsman's uniform. 2/4 RAR also wore bearskins for the drummers, this was due to their Irish Guards connection. It seems neither 2 or 4 RAR now wear them. Ozdaren (talk) 13:36, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Other wearers

message: Connecticut's Governor's Foot Guard wear busbies, originally made out of bear skin (see ). They are not bearskins in the sense of this article. 71.234.215.133 (talk) 09:43, 17 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Not Connecticut

message: Even though I take more the mean interest in Switzerland, only a fewdaysgone happened upon the Herrgottsgrendadiere. Even the Swiss wiki leaf hereinbelow somehow lacks images of the aforesaid Bearskinned troops. 
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Herrgottsgrenadiere
Bytheway, haps whomever is sympathetic could also knock out an English wiki on also an Herrgottsgrendadiere 1932 film
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0257753/
Poster of the hereinabove aforesaid film 
http://www.rarefilmsandmore.com/die-herrgottsgrenadiere-1932#.WnIlmNzGXdc
Bytheway, the Herrgottsgrendadiere are still going
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=herrgottsgrenadiere&safe=off&client=firefox-b&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiRsduOgoPZAhUlIcAKHUhkCr8Q_AUICigB
Yours,
Sean Thomas Yearwood
the black and white jew  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.71.19.166 (talk) 20:26, 31 January 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  What about the bearskinned Swiss Herrgottsgrendadiere? - even though forbidden to speak of and show graven images thereof by the NWO 

message: I came to this article hoping to learn why the chin strap is worn on the wearer's lower lip instead of under the chin. Anyone know? I've always been curious about that. ~Anachronist (talk) 06:55, 13 August 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: It's called a kerb chain. Origins are not fully known, but thought to protect the wearer from sabre strikes to face. It also keeps the skin fitted on the head. 128.40.96.141 (talk) 11:08, 17 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  What's with the chin strap? 

message: Article says "The British Army purchase the hats, which are known as caps". They are known as "caps" because generally a head cover with a brim all around is called "hat", otherwise it is a "cap" which is the case here. 188.78.120.107 (talk) 09:01, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  It is a cap, not a hat