Surprise with the US Air Force Reserve Pipe Band Tartan

[Barb T]

I'm sorry that I appear not to be explaining this clearly.

The thread count listed in the SRT and STA for what is called the USAF Reserve Pipe Band tartan (aka Lady Jane - clearly the tartan that Todd refers to in his historical description and clearly described in the Registry as having been adopted by the USAFRPB) is _not_ what Strathmore is weaving as US Air Force. The thread count in both registries calls for a _blue stripe_ between the red stripe and the light blue, and the two dark blue stripes in the light blue are medium width and fairly widely spaced. That is _not_ what Strathmore is weaving as US Air Force - in their version, there is no blue stripe between the red and light blue, and the double dark blue stripes in the light blue in their version are narrow, closely spaced stripes.

Here is what is in the registries as U.S. Air Force Reserve Pipe Band (aka Lady Jane) (BTW - "Corpor" is an abbreviation for "Corporate tartan"). The swatch below that shows what Strathmore is currently weaving as Air Force.




This the sett that Strathmore is weaving:



I could not find anything in the register that matches what Strathmore is weaving as US Air Force. The closest match is what's registered as US 2001 Air Force, designer unknown. And even this doesn't match exactly - it has a green stripe, rather than a gold stripe. Here is the thumbnail from SRT for the US 2001 Air Force tartan:



And, yes, that is a green stripe.

As I said, I don't know if the USAFRPB tartan was recorded wrong in the registers or if there's a long-standing weaving error at Strathmore.