My Maternal line are Hendersons and I've been thinking about getting a Henderson kilt for sometime now. The thing that's put me off so far is that the blue stripes just don't show very well under artificial light in the evening. With Lochcarron's modern colours the blue is far too dark and just appears like black, while in the ancient colours it just seems to fade into the green, making it look as though the tartan just has a large green square with no detail in it. In the case of the ancient colours it would be better if the blue was 'guarded' by black (like MacDonald of the Isles or Mackenzie) where the eyes are 'cheated' into seeing the blue. Of course in daylight (especially sunlight) it's a differant story and it's a brilliant tartan! In Lochcarron's Weathered colours, where the green becomes brown, the blue is a lovelly shade of powder blue and looks great (see Tatoo Bradley in his matching lovatt blue jacket). I just don't like all that brown, even if it had a hint of green it would be better, after all Henderson is supposed to be a green tartan. I've taken a swatch of this into a hall at night and it's very dull for a 'dress' occasion in the evening. House of Edgar only produce Henderson in medium weight (although I do note that they have started producing it in their 16oz budget cloth 'Nevis') and I must admit that their 'modern' blue is slightly lighter than Lochcarron's and shows better, however their muted Henderson is, for me, the pick of the bunch. The green is a lovelly moss green, and the blue, although not quite as nice a shade as Lochcarron's weathered, is still not too light or dark and shows well against the green. Also it looks wonderful in daylight, better than the modern green in my opinion, and would go really well with oatmeal socks. Although only available in 13oz medium weight, and more expensive as it's in their Old & Rare collection, this is the one I'll have my Henderson kilt made in when I eventually do get it.