Quote Originally Posted by thescot View Post
it looks to me, some weavers decided to monkey with the thread count on some of them. I guess that means they're not woven a true Leatherneck, but a slight variation of it.
I think you missed my point, Jim. A minor variation in the thread count like what we see here would still constitute "the Leatherneck tartan." No one would think of calling it "a variation of the Leatherneck tartan." To me, that would suggest a weaver changed the blue to brown, or something more substantial such as that, but otherwise kept the pattern the same.

But what we see here is simply a weave deciding to use 4 threads rather than 6 and that sort of minor variation. This sort of thing happens all the time, with any number of tartans, and is just part of the industry.