I got the oportunity yesterday to wear a pair of hand tie garters that I had ordered from Matt and the Tartan Museum. http://giftshop.scottishtartans.org/garters.html Man those things are really comfortable! My wife and I went to Springfield to tour the Abraham Lincoln historic sites. The new garters are extremely comfortable. Unlike the elastic torture devices these did not dig into my legs at all the entire day. If any of you haven't tried hand tied garters you definately need to. I'm not certain of the number of different colours that Matt offers, but it must be at least 15 or so. I purchased the "tartan red" colour which is a deep red, and IMHO very traditional looking. I don't think I'll ever return to the elastic models, and need to order a couple of different pairs as finances allow.