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  • Tartans

    75 37.88%
  • Solids

    2 1.01%
  • Both

    119 60.10%
  • To asleep to even care

    2 1.01%
  • Where am I??? What's a Kilt???

    0 0%
  • GIVE ME PANTS!!!!!!!

    0 0%
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    Tartan VS. Solid?

    What kilt coloring?
    Why?
    (Pros and Cons)

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    ANYONE who answers the last 2:
    :ban: :ban:
    :blue_ban:

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    I chose both, although I don't have a tartan kilt yet. I do have a steady source of income again (which of course translates as kilt fund) though so maybe I'll be able to remedy my lack of tartan kilts soon.

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    I only have two kilts right now, and they are both tartan but I think that both are good for different "outfits".

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    mr. wage,
    its a mood kinda thing, sometimes you feel like a stripe sometimes you don't.

    semper fi

    slick

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    I'm so confused I have an SWK shadow tartan black. Is it a solid or is it a tartan? Is it both is it neither?

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    Quote Originally Posted by ccga3359 View Post
    I'm so confused

    Grant, Grant... such a brave confession!


    Does it feel more tartan or more solid when you put it on?

    Do you feel the need to search for the answer in an expanding square pattern, a creeping line pattern, or do you call out the dogs?

    (OK, enough bad allusions to our mutual SAR work.)


    As for me, I like to wear both at the office - though the solid olive mocker was the first to debut there. (The solid kilts seem to bring more "he can wear a kilt, why can't I wear jeans" kinds of remarks at work than the tartans do, which is interesting, but neither here nor there for this thread.)

    Out in the woods I think I prefer the solids, if only because I'm less concerned about a "wait-a-minute vine" trashing a solid piece of twill than I am a much more expensive piece of wool. (Even irrational fears are still fears, no?)

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    Quote Originally Posted by ccga3359 View Post
    I'm so confused I have an SWK shadow tartan black. Is it a solid or is it a tartan? Is it both is it neither?
    Grant,

    The SWK Heavy "Shadow Tartan" is both. There is a tartan pattern in the right light, and it is solid black the rest of the time. McMurdo labelled it "Clan Destine" I like mine a lot.

    In regards to the original question

    I'm happy and comfortable with both solids and tartans. My favorite kilt would be my Galbraith tartan Kilt from Matt Newsome. My favorite kilted outfit would be my SWK Heavyweight "Shadow Tartan" in green, with green hose, green flashes, and a solid color shirt. Go figure.


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    perfect answer

    Quote Originally Posted by mcvarmit View Post
    mr. wage,
    its a mood kinda thing, sometimes you feel like a stripe sometimes you don't.
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    I couldn't have said it better myself. Thanks.

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    There's no much more Scots than tweed, and tartan might be neck-and-neck with it. Tartan or solid, tis no problem for me.

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