Too many tartans to choose from....

[MacKenzie]

There's also the Marine Corps Dress Blue.

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/s...36#post1121636

If I had served in the corps that would be my next.

[Spartan Tartan]

I would narrow it down by what is available and/or not restricted. Otherwise, not only is the effort substantially greater on your part to get permission the cost is MUCH greater to get a custom weave.

I had to get permission from the University President and the copyright/merchandise licensing department to get my MSU kilt woven. Since that time, the cost of a custom weave has more than doubled... Just food for thought.

Best of luck!!

[Pleater]

If you have a Cornish connection then a black kilt is almost required - the various tartans are modern as far as I know, but when the young men of the West began to wear kilts they chose black ones.

I should confess to having a couple of black kilts - and a black with white pinstripe awaiting sewing, and some more black material in the pile too now I think about it. They are always smart and very versatile.

Anne the Pleater :ootd:

[Mike_Oettle]

Anne, yes, the Cornish began kilt-wearing with black kilts. But then so did the Irish and the Welsh.
All three ethnic groups now have a range of tartans to choose from.
I know you love black, but for me it is just not right for a kilt . . .

NYClark, there are several ways of saving images of tartans. Pick one and go through the varieties you are interested in. Then try them out in different colour styles (ancient, modern, muted, weathered). Spend a lot of time poring over them.
You are bound to end up choosing at least one, if not more.
Regards,
Mike

[NYClark]

The Welsh had kilts? I may be a bit Welsh, from Stackpole on my father's side. Though this could be of Scots-Irish origin. I'll add a black kilt to the 'in consideration' group just in case. I don't have any known Cornish connections, so that's out. The rest of my family is Danish, German, and English (from places like Devon and Somethingershire) so no kilts for them...

[Pipersson]

Hello and welcome from Darmstadt/Germany

Robertson Hunting is a very nice tartan...

The welsh kilt tradition is pretty new, but there are some very nice tartans too...but you maybe should make your choice smaller ;-)

Tom

[Pleater]

Ah, no, Mike - I like red: crimson, scarlet, vermillion - it clashes with my complexion and I look like a perambulating letter box, but black is just me being gothic.

Anne the Pleater :ootd:

[Tarheel]

I like red: crimson, scarlet, vermillion - it clashes with my complexion and I look like a perambulating letter box

Dear Anne, I laughed and blew coffee from my nose at that remark. You may fair better in Royal blue of the American Postal boxes during your walks. Consider it "Gothic-ish".

[Pleater]

Blue is good - I was just trying to avoid -


Anne the Pleater :ootd:

[OC Richard]

Blue is good - I was just trying to avoid -

Blue is good... very good...