{"id":7761,"date":"2016-02-11T01:06:03","date_gmt":"2016-02-11T08:06:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=7761"},"modified":"2016-02-09T21:09:45","modified_gmt":"2016-02-10T04:09:45","slug":"how-do-you-wear-a-torc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=7761","title":{"rendered":"How Do You Wear a Torc?"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"ChieftansTorc\"<\/a>

“Chieftain’s torc” from The Crafty Celts (click to visit site).<\/p><\/div>\n

So you are feeling sort of Iron Age-ish and want to wear your best torc for a night of feasting. Do you go with the twist-on, twist-off style or for the more sophisticated hidden hinge?<\/p>\n

Let the experts at the British Museum help you with your fashion dilemma<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A re-enactor friend of mine has told me that he often puts a torc on from the front, and then twists it round to bring the terminals to the front. I\u2019ve tried with replicas, and I tend to slip mine on from the back, so there are different ways of doing it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Whichever style you choose, it’s easier than tying a full Windsor knot in a necktie<\/a>, that’s for sure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So you are feeling sort of Iron Age-ish and want to wear your best torc for a night of feasting. Do you go with the twist-on, twist-off style or for the more sophisticated hidden hinge? Let the experts at the British Museum help you with your fashion dilemma. 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