wanted: pics of kilts in some rare tartans

[OC Richard]

Actually there's a pipe band here in California that wears Hunting Thompson. I've always loved the look of that tartan; it's like nothing else, the interplay between the chocolate brown and mint green. It makes a perfect "band kilt" because it's striking to the eye even at some distance.

Here they are, the Pacific Coast Highlanders:



They sport the Pipe Band look nearly universally popular throughout the 1990's in which everything in the uniform save the kilt is either white or black. This results in a crisp look and allows the tartan's colours to be seen without any interference. I myself would love to see them try mint green shirts.
One thing about their kilts: note that there's a major line which appears just above the selvedge on most of the kilts, something that I think the weaver should have avoided.

Anyhow I did find kilt photos of some other "trade" tartans:

Spirit of Scotland



and Spirit of Bannockburn

[RedLichtie]

Actually there's a pipe band here in California that wears Hunting Thompson. I've always loved the look of that tartan; it's like nothing else, the interplay between the chocolate brown and mint green. It makes a perfect "band kilt" because it's striking to the eye even at some distance.

They sport the Pipe Band look nearly universally popular throughout the 1990's in which everything in the uniform save the kilt is either white or black. This results in a crisp look and allows the tartan's colours to be seen without any interference. I myself would love to see them try mint green shirts.
One thing about their kilts: note that there's a major line which appears just above the selvedge on most of the kilts, something that I think the weaver should have avoided.

Thanks for that - never seen any other kilts in this tartan before. The kilts in the picture you posted must be made from material woven at a different mill from mine (Lochcarron) because the colours are a bit different. The brown in mine is darker and there's certainly no mint green in my kilt - it's more a turquoise blue in mine, there is a thin green stripe between the brown and turquoise though.

Thanks again.

[JamieKerr]

Well according to Mark at the frugal corner...only two kilts in this tartan have been made, and one was destroyed. So here it is, fresh out of a box I received today...

The National Defense Tartan

[Kilted-Marine]

Well according to Mark at the frugal corner...only two kilts in this tartan have been made, and one was destroyed. So here it is, fresh out of a box I received today...

The National Defense Tartan

We only had two of these made - 1 was sold to jamie, the other was destroyed... We do have the correct national Defense now.. Jamie suggested calling the original (bad weave) Muted national Defense...lol