"Puttees - how fastened?" Topic
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| Grumble87106 | 13 Feb 2021 7:23 p.m. PST |
I was reading today in a novel about a Scottish farmer who wore Nicky Tams, which I gather are sort of like puttees. It made me start to wonder: how was the end of the strip of cloth for puttees secured? Obviously not Velcro! |
| Wargamer Blue | 13 Feb 2021 7:28 p.m. PST |
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| Grumble87106 | 13 Feb 2021 7:54 p.m. PST |
Thank you. I had assumed that the entire strip was the same width, sort of like an ace bandage, but tapering one end certainly makes sense! |
| Martin Rapier | 14 Feb 2021 1:59 a.m. PST |
The ties are fairly rough cotton. Just wrap it around a few times and tuck it in. The very worst puttees I ever had the misfortune to wear were some Russian ones made of cotton, they came undone all the time. Wool ones stay up much better. |
| epturner | 14 Feb 2021 5:41 a.m. PST |
The ones I have for my WW1 Canadian kit are wool serge, and like has been mention above, have a cloth cotton tape to wrap around and tuck in. Once you get the bloody things on, they are quite comfortable to wear. Eric |
Frederick  | 14 Feb 2021 12:04 p.m. PST |
While they are from what I have heard comfortable to wear, my father in law's memories of them from his time in His Majesty's Forces was that they were a pain in the neck to put on right |
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