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    Re: Difference Between US Marine Corps Tartan & Leatherneck Tartan

    piperdbh,

    What is being discussed is that there are two tartans listed with The Scottish Tartans Authority. Both have the exact same thread count.

    R6------DR6
    Y8------MY8
    B64----RB64
    G24----G24
    R6------DR6
    G8------G8
    R6------DR6
    G80----G80

    The strange thing is that while both have the same thread count the designer specified slightly different colors. One uses Yellow (y) the other Dark Yellow (MY)

    As you pointed out if the thread count is the same but the colors slightly different we would normally consider them the same Tartan and have no problem. But we have two Tartan listings with the same thread count.



    Then there is a second issue. Neither of the two Tartans that are currently being woven and sold are using the thread count from the listing in the STA.

    So they are both different from the published thread count.

    At first I thought that the weaver may have done a proportional thread count. ie 1/2 or 3/4 but this does not seem to be the case. As you can see from the photo above the two Tartans which should have the same number of yarns per color are quite different.
    Last edited by The Wizard of BC; 12th January 12 at 12:09 PM.
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