Ancient Grant Hunting 16oz. 8-yard

[McMurdo]

Congratulatons on the new kilt, I see you still have a tag on it in the pleat shot. I am sure that this kilt will give you years of wear, it may just become a family heirloom. As for the hose question, I tend to match my hose and shirt colours, my reasons for it are two fold, firstly I think it brings an outfit together rather well, and secondly, I can wear the all various combinations of shirts and hose with almost all my kilts.

[andyfg]

Very nice kilt. I know you will enjoy it. Thanks for sharing the pics.

[Rampant Lion]

Thanks for the kind comments guys.

Oatmeal with a matching (polo) shirt...always safe and the kilt will stand out nicely. Another idea...maroon hose with a matching shirt.

I'm liking that maroon idea, but I think that might have to wait until the budget allows it. Do any of you know where I can get some decently priced maroon hose? Somewhere in Canada would be preferable, just for duty and delivery reasons.

For now I'll try to find black hose because I already have a black shirt.

Congratulatons on the new kilt, I see you still have a tag on it in the pleat shot. I am sure that this kilt will give you years of wear, it may just become a family heirloom.

Yeah, I still have the tag on it. I tend not to remove tags from anything clothes until the first time I'm going to wear the garment "for real." Just in case.

I hope it will become an heirloom; I hope both of my kilts will.

Hopefully I'll have some pictures when I have the kilt on and I'm dressed up a bit better. My 1st wedding anniversary is in exactly two weeks and I intend to wear when my wife and I go out to celebrate.

Oh, since I didn't mention it previously. The kilt was made by Lochcarron. The tag actually says: Highlander by Lochcarron. Once I get a chance to wear it out I might write up a review and compare it to my Celtic Craft Centre kilt.

[Riverkilt]

Thanks for them pics. "Grant" is a family name going back to my great great uncle - my great great great grandfather's first born after he came back from the American Civil War. No doubt named after the general.

But my grandmother carried it on by giving it to my father as a middle name, and I am a junior, and my daughter and her daughter carry Grant as a middle name too.

Though its not a blood clan, I'm guessing five generations and the original honors make it appropriate. Grandfather Murdoch Macdonald always said the name was in honor of U.S. Grant's hard riding, hard fighting, and hard drinking.

And, its a fine looking tartan too...another one on the wish list.

Ron