A new House of Edgar collection

**figheadair** · 24th January 25, 02:46 PM

Originally Posted by OC Richard

That's superb Peter! How awesome it is to have a big commercial weaver on board with such a project.

May it continue to yield fruit!

And may I say you make a wonderful presenter. You're so comfortable in front of camera. (Put a camera in my face and I stammer nonsense.)

My one, minor, quibble is their repeated closeups of tartan flashes.

Thank you Richard.

It was a wonderful opportunity to share some of my research, and the quality of the filming is superb.

Happy, I can distance myself from the tartan flashes. They are definitely not my thing.

**Jock Scot** · 25th January 25, 01:11 AM

Originally Posted by figheadair

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Happy, I can distance myself from the tartan flashes. They are definitely not my thing.

Tartan flashes are not for me either. I have never understood why they are so popular.

**Arnot** · 25th January 25, 02:39 AM

Originally Posted by Jock Scot

Tartan flashes are not for me either. I have never understood why they are so popular.

They are indeed popular. I think some people like them for some reason. Others might think they are saving a little money as many times they are included in the cost. I always include them in the cost if someone asks for them. I try to nudge them toward plain colour, but it doesn't always work.

**OC Richard** · 25th January 25, 06:47 AM

Originally Posted by Jock Scot

Tartan flashes are not for me either. I have never understood why they are so popular.

Nor for me.

I think the proliferation of the things is economics: when a kilt is finished the maker has tons of little cuttings. In the old days they were probably binned, the cuttings being too small to make much out of.

But they can make a pair of flashes, and I've noticed kiltmakers who include them free or for a nominal charge, creating the temptation to wear them.

I dislike the whole thing of making flashes out of woven yardage, cut to pattern and sewn together as you would a shirt.

As we know traditionally they were made from tape woven to purpose in the correct width.

There is one advantage to the woven-fabric ones: in the matchy Pipe Band world the fact that House of Edgar weaves solid-coloured cloth in a number of their tartan-colours and makes flashes from it allows bands to purchase flashes which perfectly match their kilts, even in HoE's unique "muted" range.