During the summer I placed an order with Matt Newsome for the St. Columba tartan in a box pleat and belted plaid. Early this fall seeing Matt had a special on the St. Patrick tartan I succumbed to an impulse buy and order it box pleated.

Jonesing for my kilts, I realized that the typical claymore kilts pins would not be the most appropriate. As I thought more about it, I remembered my friends a Canterbury Pewter had Celtic Crosses with a theme of Noah and the flood in different sizes.

In contacting them, I would meet Leif Johnston at the shop and he made me up the following crosses. (The Malcolm Kilt pin is shown for comparison purposes. Plaid is Malcolm tartan)

Here’s the Noah Celtic Cross




This one has the Chi Rho in the middle. I understand Columba actually used the Chi Rho cross as what we know as the Celtic Cross wouldn’t be developed for another two hundred years.




Now, if I can only get those kilts. Hmm, what else might help through this?