Lord Lovat tartan?

[OC Richard]

Here, what appears to be a vintage Canadian military kilt, on Ebay

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Canadian-Bri...EAAOSwJb9WsRt2

Here's the front of the kilt

[figheadair]

The fading of the black to a kahki green in the Army issue government sett was fairly common in those that survived and had a long exposure to light. Just goes to prove that even chemical dyes can change as well as simply fade.

This particular kilt looks like it was a Black Watch barrel pleat originally but that the pleats have been pressed flat.

[OC Richard]

Thanks! I didn't even recognise the tartan, given the colour-shift.

It's beautiful as it stands. I would buy a kilt of that tartan!

[Jock Scot]

The fading of the black to a kahki green in the Army issue government sett was fairly common in those that survived and had a long exposure to light. Just goes to prove that even chemical dyes can change as well as simply fade.

This particular kilt looks like it was a Black Watch barrel pleat originally but that the pleats have been pressed flat.

Thank you Peter, I was wondering if fading of the Army issue Government sett might be the case.

[figheadair]

Thank you Peter, I was wondering if fading of the Army issue Government sett might be the case.

Both Black Watch and Argyll kilts seems to do this, as did the Camerons'(cf the kilt at the Achnacarry Museum) but I've never seen a Gordon one do the same. Perhaps they never got the wear and exposure. Compare also with Bill Millan's pipe bag (Pegasus Bridge Museum) in which the MacKenzie has also faded in a similar fashion.

[Jock Scot]

There is a kilt in the interesting museum at Oban that has also matured in the same way. I cannot remember the tartan, but I don't think it is the Government sett.

[figheadair]

There is a kilt in the interesting museum at Oban that has also matured in the same way. I cannot remember the tartan, but I don't think it is the Government sett.

Oh, interesting. Next time I'm passing through I must make time to have a look.

[OC Richard]

I'd posted this earlier, on a thread about faded kilts, a MacKenzie Seaforth military kilt.

Evidently is was long displayed with the top covered by a jacket.

It's intriguing to follow the colour-shifts. Even being familiar with this kilt, the Black Watch kilt above threw me, because its fading is so completely even and consistent.

[Orionson]

Thanks for posting this. I simply love faded tartans. This one is especially beautiful in my opinion. Sadly, long gone are the days when I could fit into such a small size, else I would snap this up in a heartbeat.