show us your Cornish kilts & accessories

**macwilkin** · 21st December 12, 09:33 AM

No Cornish blood that I know of, but my daughter was born on St. Piran's Day, March 5th.

T.

**sydnie7** · 21st December 12, 11:03 AM

On my mother's side, we have family ties to St. Keverne. Mother always enjoyed the time we spent touring Cornwall, saying "everybody looks like my family!"

Richard, I really like your design. Be sure to let us know if you ever plan a run!

**McClef** · 21st December 12, 11:15 AM

I don't have a Cornish sporran but I do have a Cornwall National kilt and there are pictures somewhere on this site of me wearing it. I also have a plaid in this tartan.

I have worn it in Cornwall too!

Every year on St David's Day a group of kilted Cornishmen come to Cardiff, again there are some pics somewhere! I will see if I can find the links.

**McClef** · 21st December 12, 11:29 AM

Photo of me taken by Acaigh

Taken by somebody using my camera

(sorry about the uneven hose!)

The Cornish contingent in Cardiff:

**sailortats** · 21st December 12, 11:36 AM

McClef, thanks for the pics. I am very pleased to see you and the other gentleman wearing a rouche tie with your PC. I prefer this type of tie to a bow tie for most occasions. But I realize that some here do not go along with that.

**McClef** · 21st December 12, 11:40 AM

Yes the ruche does have its fair share of detractors!

I think it can look elegant when worn with the complimentary gear.

I do also like a bow tie as you can see from my avatar.

**Cygnus** · 21st December 12, 11:50 AM

That is a lovely tartan! I am curious to know why you chose four yellow lines for the bezants, though, when they're arranged in a triangle with five bezants per side.

**Spartan Tartan** · 23rd December 12, 07:38 PM

my kilt is from the Cornish Hunting tartan. I will have to get a picture to post up here. I sadly dnt have many pictures to post. It seems that I tend not to remember to take pictures when I am out and about. I also have a nice set of cornish inspired cufflinks.

My family were miners too. They moved to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and even had a town named after my great grandfather.

**OC Richard** · 24th December 12, 06:44 AM

Originally Posted by Cygnus

That is a lovely tartan! I am curious to know why you chose four yellow lines for the bezants, though, when they're arranged in a triangle with five bezants per side.

A good observation. I've tried it different ways. There are 15 Bezants, and due to the nature of tartan design you can't do 15, it's either 9 (3x3) or 16 (4x4). From what I've read it's the number of Bezants which is important for the Cornish crest, not the way they're arranged (one site said that the 15 Bezants are "usually but not always arranged in a triangle").

Five a side would make 25 Bezants, too many I think. I myself think that the Bezant section of the tartan looks better with only 9.

Were I to get my Cornish tartan woven, it would probably be this version, where I use only 9 Bezants and put in some seafoam green to break up the field of blue. I think this looks more "tartanlike", more clothlike, and less diagrammatic than my first design

**mookien** · 21st February 13, 04:15 PM

Originally Posted by McClef

Photo of me taken by Acaigh

Your visage and raiment are every bit as fine as your postings.

You're apologizing for uneven hose? I had to stare at the pictures for a bit to discover to what I think you are referring. If my hose ever looked that elegant and "matched", it would be a small miracle.