"New" Clan MacTavish Dress Tartan

[Tam Piperson]

I wonder if the black & white "dress" Scott tartan (shown here worn by Mr. Scott on Star Trek) was actually intended to be more of a border/shepherd's check?

[AKScott]

I wonder if the black & white "dress" Scott tartan (shown here worn by Mr. Scott on Star Trek) was actually intended to be more of a border/shepherd's check?

I think I heard somewhere there are only seven registered monochrome setts, counting Northumberland shepard's check as one of the seven.

Scott dress #1 is here: http://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tar....aspx?ref=3697

Scott dress #2: http://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tar....aspx?ref=3698

Scott monochrome is rendered on the register as mostly black with a little white:http://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tar....aspx?ref=3691

though when I do see it I generally see it rendered as mostly white with a little black: http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum3....-please-71062/

and rendered mostly white in Strome: http://www.lochcarron.com/tartanstro...and_white.html

I would be willing to wager, subject to forum rules of course in a friendly way with no money on the line, that we'll find no rhyme or reason to this. I'll wager there are so many exceptions that it is about pointless to try to even come up with a generalization.

From what I have been able to figure out about my own clan setts, the green is more or less the day wear kilt and you might buy a kilt in clan red for formal wear, or you could just get a red one and have the one kilt.

But a delightful new sett for the MacTavish's no mater who ears it. Also, thanks Kyle for your illustrative examples, I am seeing these in a new light.