Originally Posted by
revdpatience
My kilt and waistcoat will be in the MacColl Ancient tartan, which Lochcarron had to weave specially as it was not in stock. They hadn't had a chance to start weaving it before the coronavirus shut the mill down in March.
Wow, good luck with the progress of that.
We here in California have a half-century familiarity with that tartan due to it long being worn by local piping icon and Gold Medallist Jimmy McColl.
As you probably know The Clan MacColl is one of the most beautiful of the great pipe marches.
Originally Posted by
revdpatience
I've got a Robert Mackie diced fawn Balmoral on its way.
Ooooh those are beautiful, perhaps the nicest of the traditional colours.
Are Mackie open and taking orders? What has the process been like?
Because I have a design in mind, an old one, but not one that would be in stock, a Balmoral done in this colour-scheme
As seen in this illustration from the 1930s
The lovely 2/4 March, The Clan MacColl
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yS7fKvM_o-0
I can only find this old photo of Jimmy McColl wearing modern colours, I'm pretty sure that in recent decades he wore ancient.
Last edited by OC Richard; 15th July 20 at 04:58 PM.
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