Closest USA Kilts tweed colour

**OC Richard** · 28th July 21, 06:11 AM

Thanks for the information, is it this book?

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/launc...-birse-stewart

**Troglodyte** · 29th July 21, 02:56 AM

Yes, that's the book...

Personally, I think the second editon is better - apart from the tweed samples, it is a completely different book, and I would be inclined to go for that. Also, the colour rendition is a bit better in the second edition. Reference details -

Scottish Estate Tweeds - Johnstons of Elgin 1995 - ISBN 0 9525239 0 5

Or you could get both copies, like me, and be on the look-out for the first edition from the 1960s.

**OC Richard** · 30th July 21, 04:39 AM

Thanks everyone for the information and suggestions.

I have samples/swatches coming from USA Kilts and from Marton Mills which when they come will allow me to get everything sorted.

**Tomo** · 30th July 21, 05:09 AM

Look forward to seeing the end result...

**Jock Scot** · 30th July 21, 05:38 AM

Originally Posted by Troglodyte

Yes, that's the book...

Personally, I think the second editon is better - apart from the tweed samples, it is a completely different book, and I would be inclined to go for that. Also, the colour rendition is a bit better in the second edition. Reference details -

Scottish Estate Tweeds - Johnstons of Elgin 1995 - ISBN 0 9525239 0 5

Or you could get both copies, like me, and be on the look-out for the first edition from the 1960s.

I must confess that I did not know that there is a second edition. Thank you for the tip off.

**Troglodyte** · 31st July 21, 09:08 AM

There are three editions...

The first is titled 'Our Scottish District Checks' by E. S. Harrison, a former chairman of Johnstons of Elgin, I believe, and was published in 1968.

The Second edition, not a reprint of the first, but a complete re-working and including the same photos of the actual tweeds, was published by Johnstons in 1995, and the third edition (again a re-working so as to be a totally different book) came out in 2018.

The first edition also has samples of the regimental tweeds - the sort of thing a Scots Guards officer might have his shooting suit made up in.

The second edition seems to command astonishingly high prices on the second hand market, but the third edition is readily available, and well worth having.

**Jock Scot** · 31st July 21, 10:03 AM

Originally Posted by Troglodyte

There are three editions...

The first is titled 'Our Scottish District Checks' by E. S. Harrison, a former chairman of Johnstons of Elgin, I believe, and was published in 1968.

The Second edition, not a reprint of the first, but a complete re-working and including the same photos of the actual tweeds, was published by Johnstons in 1995, and the third edition (again a re-working so as to be a totally different book) came out in 2018.

The first edition also has samples of the regimental tweeds - the sort of thing a Scots Guards officer might have his shooting suit made up in.

The second edition seems to command astonishingly high prices on the second hand market, but the third edition is readily available, and well worth having.

Ah right, thank you. I have the 1995 edition and will no doubt bump into the latest edition somewhere in due course. I might also bump into the early 1968 version too. There used to be a useful second hand bookshop in Fort William with leanings towards country pursuits, but sadly its gone now. But one never knows the minute when I might drop on one, now that I know what I am looking for.

**Troglodyte** · 1st August 21, 11:42 PM

The second-hand bookshop on the high street in Dingwall is also a good source.

The owner has a good eye for Scottish history/clan/Highland works, and his prices are good too...