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7th February 13, 11:37 AM
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Humour the buffoon
who can't identify a no doubt perfectly obvious tartan! I've abstracted this image from a second-hand auctioneers, a very well known and slightly disreputable one, as I was fascinated by this tartan (which is nagging me as I can't identify it & feel I ought to know what it is!) and I don't think it my place to give the seller custom!
PS: Of course, it could be what was known as a bumbee or commercial tartan.
Last edited by Jacobite Laddie; 7th February 13 at 12:02 PM.
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7th February 13, 12:56 PM
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It looks very much like a Fraser variant, but not exactly. The blues and greens are reversed, and the dividing stripe is wrong. I'll dig around and see if I can identify it, but if it can't be identified then it's probably a commercial tartan made to resemble Fraser while not actually being a Fraser tartan.
Edited to add: It might be Roxburgh Red (ancient).
Last edited by Tobus; 7th February 13 at 01:05 PM.
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7th February 13, 04:40 PM
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Roxburgh District Tartan in the muted color scheme, almost certainly House of Edgar fabric in 13oz.
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7th February 13, 04:52 PM
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No buffoon. As has been discussed in a current thread, few Scots recognize a lot of tartans other than their own clan and the "classics." No shame in asking! 
Rev'd Father Bill White: Mostly retired Parish Priest & former Elementary Headmaster. Lover of God, dogs, most people, joy, tradition, humour & clarity. Legion Padre, theologian, teacher, philosopher, linguist, encourager of hearts & souls & a firm believer in dignity, decency, & duty. A proud Canadian Sinclair with solid Welsh and other heritage.
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8th February 13, 04:57 AM
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 Originally Posted by davidlpope
Roxburgh District Tartan in the muted color scheme, almost certainly House of Edgar fabric in 13oz.
Ding ding ding! We have a winner!
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8th February 13, 11:02 AM
#6
Originally Posted by davidlpope
Roxburgh District Tartan in the muted color scheme, almost certainly House of Edgar fabric in 13oz.
Which of course looks very different to the original Wilsons' shades.
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15th February 13, 03:29 PM
#7
Originally Posted by davidlpope
Roxburgh District Tartan in the muted color scheme, almost certainly House of Edgar fabric in 13oz.
+ 1. Dead on the money, David.
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15th February 13, 03:35 PM
#8
Originally Posted by davidlpope
Roxburgh District Tartan in the muted color scheme, almost certainly House of Edgar fabric in 13oz.
Bravo!
The Official [BREN]
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17th February 13, 06:34 AM
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Yes I contacted the seller with that info.
I wouldn't have known it otherwise perhaps, but a Pipe Band that I used to play in wears that very tartan! The Kevin Blandford Memorial Pipe Band.
Here I am wearing it
HOEs Muted Range is lovely and really stands out from other colour schemes.
Here is my old dear friend Kevin Blandford himself wearing that tartan, which he wore as his personal kilt. After his passing the entire band adopted it
http://www.blandfordbands.org/Blandf...g/History.html
Last edited by OC Richard; 17th February 13 at 07:14 AM.
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