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    Quote Originally Posted by Mike_Oettle View Post
    Don’t know why you guys don’t like the Saltire tartan.
    I don't like making clothing from a flag, or from fabric woven to pleat to resemble a flag, although I do admire the creativity someone had in order to design the process.
    --dbh

    When given a choice, most people will choose.

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    Scott (Artificer) wrote: “It's like ‘x marks the spot to kick me in the junk’.”

    Last edited by Mike_Oettle; 9th June 11 at 07:27 AM.
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    Ok now the kilt Hamish is shown wearing I would gladly have a version of for myself. Now, that being said the other kilt with the shall we say bold X on the front is to put it mildly not my style. I would be interested in seeing how the back was done. Does the X continue through the pleats or is it just a solid color back panel.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cruiser348 View Post
    Ok now the kilt Hamish is shown wearing I would gladly have a version of for myself. Now, that being said the other kilt with the shall we say bold X on the front is to put it mildly not my style. I would be interested in seeing how the back was done. Does the X continue through the pleats or is it just a solid color back panel.
    I believe the front of Hamish's is tartan but I can't seem to find and image of the back of the Slanj Saltire kilt.
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    It would appear from the number of replies (although only a limited number) that its thumbs down for this kilt, there is another one I saw in Dublin and it was a solid black with a small SFA crest beneath the kilt pin, it looked good but I can't seem to get a picture of it, I think Slanj have the rights to sell the SFA kilts, perhaps I'm wrong.

    Should I contact the SFA and find out how the saltire kilt sells, maybe I should mention that the kilt experts on X-Marks have mixed views on this kilt. It would be interesting to find this out either from the SFA or Slanj and I wonder if they are aware of this forum and the expertise within it?

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    To me both sorts of kilts look strange (the sort that's basically a saltire flag made into a kilt, and the sort which creates a saltire on your bum) because they're at odds with the way kilts traditionally have been: having a pattern that's horizonally & vertically oriented.

    The kilts made out of any flag leave me cold, be it the Welsh flag, Union Jack, Cross of St George, or what have you.

    Though there was a cool Japanese guy at one of our Games wearing The Kilt Of The Rising Sun (as he called it) which was, I must admit, very striking. (A white kilt with a large red circle appliqued on the front apron.)

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    I don't particularly care for kilts that are designed to look like flags. A shirt with a flag on it is one thing, however, sitting on a country's national emblem is quite another (IMHO.)
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    Quote Originally Posted by artificer View Post
    It's like "x marks the spot to kick me in the junk"
    This must be a transatlantic USA/UK kind of thing, because we call ours "the Crown Jewels".

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    I'm not a fan of either kilt pictured. The one worn by Hamish appears to be a well made kilt, I just wouldn't wear it except on the rare or jestful occasions. I can't see spending the money for a single wear kilt.

    The other kilt with X on the apron...a simple no thanks. And Chas, we call them the Crown Jewels on this side of the pond as well.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chas View Post
    This must be a transatlantic USA/UK kind of thing, because we call ours "the Crown Jewels".

    Regards

    Chas
    Jewels is also acceptable on this side of the pond, although our jewels are no longer royal.

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