Scott Green Modern

[The Wizard of BC]

Ah, the name game. Or how kiltmakers keep themselves entertained for hours.

There are a few Tartans listed under the name Scott. What many people, and at least one weaving company, call Scott Red is actually listed as Scott, 1842. On the Scottish Tartans Authority it is #1005 There are two other common Tartans listed under the name Scott. They are Scott, Hunting #1546 and Scott, Green #825.

Because of the way Tartans are listed - Alphabetically by name first - I have been writing Tartan names - Scott, 1842, modern version.
Even though wrong as Barb points out, it has been sort of accepted that we list Tartans by the name first. Scott, then the identifier, then the version. But somehow we have dropped the commas and the word 'version'.
But not everyone has found the Scottish Tartans Authority or the Scottish Register of Tartans in their Google search so don't know that there is more than one Scott Tartan. They usually walk into my shop and say something like "I would like my kilt made in the Scott Tartan". Then the fun begins.

The color version of Tartans has also caused all sorts of confusion. Many people, not in the kilt world, would believe that using the words modern or ancient would refer to the age of the Tartan not the color. I see this all the time in the shop. The assumption that an ancient Tartan would be older and therefore the original or 'correct' one. So the poor customer walks into my shop and says "I would like the old Scott Tartan".