Black Lust

[yoippari]

I wonder if lighting and movement will make it apparent that it is black on black instead of just black .

[Rob Wright]

Graham, this is a lust I could totally turn myself over to ;)

It is very nice, and while it looks like a solid, it is a tartan ,the best of both worlds for you

Rob

[Andrew Breecher]

I don't know, Graham, you're really getting into this whole "solids" thing. This is obviously just a way for you to justify to yourself getting a solid black kilt.

The photo of the tartan looks "twisted" to me. Is the photo taken at an angle, or are the lines of the tartan really not straight?

Andrew.

[billmcc]

FYI,

There are two Dark Island tartan versions - black on black and navy on navy. Here are pictures of these two tartans:
http://kiltstore.net/tartanfinder.ht...earch&x=37&y=9

[Iolaus]

Oooo! I think I like the navy-on-navy better!

[Graham]

I don't know Stillwater or their acrylics, but this "tartan" is so classy I imagine it would need to be wool to maintain that classiness, as far as I can judge anyway.

I'm very tempted to order one for my daughters' wedding (for me of course).

Andrew, I'm starting to worry about me too :-? I blame Robert from Rkilts, he got me going on the plain thing.

[Tiran]

That is hot. I want one. Now. lol
Ok someday, preferably soon. I guess I know what kilt number 3 or 4 will be. Hopefully before my friend gets married. I want to wear a kilt, and all the men in the wedding party will be wearing black suits, black shirts and burgundy ties. I was trying to figure out a tartan that would look good with burgundy. Problem solved. But without the poofy shirt.

[An t-Ileach]

Tiran, you must be a Terry Pratchett fan too from your avatar pic of a Nac Mac Feagle (I have a theory that there's a Ringworld variant of Gaelic, that's not quite like Scottish and Irish Gaelic and NMF would translate as something like Neach Mhic Pheagoil).

I think the two tartans look really interesting artistically - I'm not sure that I'd wear one (perhaps the black-on-black as a funereal one).

Do they, or the Kilt Store, have anything to do with the Hebridean island of Berneray, because the lament/slow march An t-Eilean Dorcha ("The Dark Island") is about that island?

[arrogcow]

Graham:

Taking a close look at the dark island tartan and comparing it to the SWK I'm wearing I'd have to say they're the same. It is a very nice tartan and dresses up really nice to the point of being formal in apprearance IMHO (as a matter of fact I have a hard time dressing it down). But the wool I think would be an improvement over the the acrylic due to it's ability to maintain the crisp look (my perception only). I think I have the same lust now! :o

Be Well

Bill

According to SW, it will be in the wool just like the Black Watch, starting sometime next month. I never got conformation that it was infact the same tartan when I posed this question about a month ago.

Adam

[Rigged]

I've been eyeing that tartan for some time. Very classy.