The wearing of hunting, muted or ancient kilts.

**Reiver** · 27th May 15, 05:22 PM

Thanks for the link, excellent.....Scott Hunting Ancient so that accounts for the color/hue's. I agree, looks very good pleated to the stripe.
Glad I asked for some help...seeing a swatch of Tartan often does not do it justice (my ability to see/imagine it in a full kilt is limited)....I'm now leaning in that Hunting ancient direction as seeing a full kilt to the stripe looks really classy in a subdued way and that's what I was looking for.
Leaning no...that's the Tartan.

OC, bought the DVD movie on Amazon too...gotta love Alec Guinness

**OC Richard** · 27th May 15, 08:02 PM

Originally Posted by Reiver

OC, bought the DVD movie on Amazon too...gotta love Alec Guinness

Yes the movie is great and Sir Alec is amazing. It's got to be just about the best "kilt movie" of all time.

You know how you'll see a movie, then finally get round to reading the book, and find out that the movie is pale by comparison, the book having a more complex yet more clear plot, far more character development, and so forth?

It's not like that, with Tunes Of Glory.

The book is short and the movie is pretty much a complete filming of the book, line for line, scene for scene. In fact Sir Alec brings a certain psychological dimension to his character that I didn't really get from the book. Don't know if he did that on his own, or the added dimension was discussed among director, writer, and actor.

**Reiver** · 27th May 15, 08:19 PM

OC,
Thanks for that..it was a great lead in to helping me form my opinion Tartan wise and the flic looks excellent...I pulled it up on the internet for a peek and it certainly is classic Alex. Interesting that they chose Scott Hunting for the movie and I find that a neat feature too.
I love military flic's as I spent 33 years on active duty so have a bit of insight as to the psychology of that etc.
Nothing like a slightly mad commander to keep things moving along...or slightly mad Command Sergeant Major as some of my troops might add.
Thanks much for your addition to my query.

Oh, it is Scott Hunting for sure...just ancient and old (1960's) color movies were not exactly true to color.

**OC Richard** · 28th May 15, 05:17 AM

Every time I see that movie I want to place an order for a heavyweight pleated-to-the-line kilt in Scott Hunting! The kilts look so good. Oh and a Battledress jacket to go with it.

Oddly, and this for me is an all-time head-scratcher, there's a pipe band called Tunes Of Glory Pipe Band and they don't wear Scott Hunting! Were I in charge that's the first thing I would change. Oh, and Battledress jackets and TOS for all.

**Reiver** · 28th May 15, 08:23 AM

Well then, I vote for you to be in charge of that Pipe Band!
Agree on the short jackets too. Always liked the WW2 era Ike Jacket but it fell out of disfavor with the senior military because, unless you were thin, one tended to look like Ralph Cramden..too bad that. .
and I believe you are correct on the Tartan...simply Scott Hunting...the hue's of reddish brown vary by weaver I suspect.