There is a something known in North America as Buffalo Check. In American English we'd call it a plaid. It is a checked, or tartan, pattern made up of equal width stripes of two colors. Perhaps most common is red and black. In traditional, at least back to the early 19th Century, terminology this would be know as Rob Roy, or McGregor tartan. Common variants of Buffalo Check are green and black, Wilson's Robin Hood, and white and black. See the Bimidji Woolens site for examples. I recall seeing a brown and black Buffalo Check, I believe sold by Cabela's.


Does anyone know the history of the name Buffalo Check? How, if in any way, does Buffalo Check differ from tartan in general? Could one make a kilt of Buffalo Check, and call it traditional? Would making kilt of red and black Buffalo Check be the same as making one of Rob Roy?