I NEED a LEATHERNECK kilt

[Andrew Green]

Switchblade:
Is it this tartan pictured here:
http://kiltstore.net/tartan/US-Force...ecks/2748.html

I think the nickname "leatherneck" was derived from one of the uniform pieces that were worn way back when, dunno if it was WWI or WWII, but I am thinking somewhere around there. I could be way off, correct me if so.

It's a good looking tartan, but I am guessing that you want it for more than just the looks.

[switchblade5984]

Switchblade:
Is it this tartan pictured here:
http://kiltstore.net/tartan/US-Force...ecks/2748.html

I think the nickname "leatherneck" was derived from one of the uniform pieces that were worn way back when, dunno if it was WWI or WWII, but I am thinking somewhere around there. I could be way off, correct me if so.

It's a good looking tartan, but I am guessing that you want it for more than just the looks.

correct sorry the mill that makes it calls it the leatherneck tartan

leather neck is a tem from colonial times! a leather piece fastened around the neck to protect and keep ones neck straight

now represented by the dress blues high collar

from wiki
A United States Marine, from the high leather collar formerly worn with formal uniforms, and in fighting uniform during the days of shipborne, sword-wielding boarding parties, when Marines were issued a leather gorget.

[cavscout]

The collar was actually intended to protect from cuts to the throat. Though they were so uncomfortable that when Marines were in the field the collars mysteriously disappeared.

2nd MAW, NKT ATC '91-'95
Semper Fi

[bubba]

Try Alexis Malcolm. http://www.alexismalcolmkilts.bigstep.com/

[Andrew Green]

Cavscout/Switchblade:
Thanks for the input on that one. Dates back to colonial times, to protect from cuts to the throat...
sounds a lot like a gorget to me! It is much harder to cut through leather than many people might think, so I can definitely see the application to a uniform in an attempt to keep people protected.
Oh, it mentioned a gorget in the wiki reference. Ha ha ha... it's a well intentioned piece of armour.

Switchblade, I think calling it the Leatherneck, or the U.S. Marine's tartan is interchangeable... I don't think it'll matter, any tartan weaver should know what you are referring to.

It is a really nice tartan, and should suit any member, or ex-member of the service branch well. Good luck in your pursuit!

[switchblade5984]

GASP!!!!!!!!!!!

i just placed an order

alexis malcom

now to hope that i dont lose to much weight

[filman]

going to wear it to the Birthdayball? or do you just like the tartan?
hope it comes in in time. I was looking at the scotish lion and they also had the tartan. Alexis Malcolm makes a good kilt did two of mine.

I was going to get me one but my employer went belly up back in aug so i have to wait till i get me new job.

yes now the stock or "leatherneck" when i was in bootcamp way back in the 1900's we was told it was so we would not loose our head in that wild maylay on the decks of ships from swords amd dirks.

[michael steinrok]

It was called a stock. It was not for protection so much as it was for keeping a fellows chin up. Which it did and it was extremely irritating. The British used them for years and it was a very much despised piece of equipment

[jfellrath]

It was called a stock. It was not for protection so much as it was for keeping a fellows chin up. Which it did and it was extremely irritating. The British used them for years and it was a very much despised piece of equipment

I recently read the first of the Sharpe series (Sharpe's Tiger, the first one chronologically, if not by date of publishing) and when Sharpe was sent off on a secret mission with an officer (at the time he was a buck private) he mentioned that the first thing a deserter would do would be to lose his stock since it was just so despised.

[macwilkin]

The US Army used the stock from the Revolution to the Mexican War in the late 1840's. I believe it was still around in the regs during the Civil War, but had fallen out of use by then.

T.