Quote Originally Posted by M. A. C. Newsome View Post
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.
Actually, I wrote mine before I read yours, so I didn't really know your point.

I will certainly bow to your expertise as to the patois of things tartan; my point was that it was exacltly what you say: a weaver changed the thread count on some of the stripes, which seem to me to "vary" the actual product from its recorded thread count. I agree; it's still the Leatherneck tartan which is what Bob and God intended.

As a mathmetician, I would say it's not a Leatheneck with 4 instead of 6 threads; the engineer in me says that it's close enough for practical purposes.

The recording of a "USMC" or "US Marine Corps" is not what the designer or our Lord intended. There is only the Leatherneck, and until the Commandant decides otherwise, that's my story and I'm stickin' to it.