clan crest motif marketing idea

[Bugbear]

Looks fine to me.

I'm guessing that is the Argyll's pink hose picture.

Now everyone will be wearing them. :shhhh:

And just to push the silliness a little further, I wonder what Lord Lyon would do in the case of someone, BoldHighlander, if someone had Argyll's heraldry tattooed on his or her arm.

I'm guessing that the Lyon would require the person to have a strap and buckle tattooed around it.

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

After looking into the matter of Lyon Court prosecutions a bit further, I have found that the two most recent cases (of the five brought up over the past quarter of a century) involved Al Fayed, the Egyptian owner of Harrod's department stores who owns a castle in Scotland that was the ancestral home of the Ross clan, and Donald Trump, the brash American billionaire who has recently opened a golf resort in Scotland. Lord Lyon does not himself prosecute such offenders but is the presiding judge over the cases. The cases are prosecuted by the Procurator Fiscal of Lyon Court - a position that is currently vacant it would appear from the information I gathered from the Wikipedia article (so there may be a job opportunity available for Rathdown and JSFMACLJR ).

Not even remotely interested. Besides, it doesn't pay enough.

[JSFMACLJR]

Not being an advocate nor a Writer to the Signet, I doubt I could get the job.

[creagdhubh]

This is nonsense, if I want to have salmon buttons on my waistcoat, jacket, or anywhere else, I can do, simple as that.
If I am copying exactly an image of a particular salmon that someone else has the rights to, that of course is something else. If I am trying to pass myself off as someone else by the use of some decorative device ,that too is wrong.

as Matt said :
I wonder if this is just a "stongly expressed opinion." I mean, what jurisdiction does the Lyon Court have over non-heraldic dress and accessories, really?

The simple answer is that it doesn't have any jurisdiction.

If anyone of us want to use artistic and/or decorative images as buttons or decoration, then we may. Of course some may question taste or style, but there is no "law" to prevent us

Uh...ok.

[creagdhubh]

Very enjoyable read gents, Sandy and Scott, you two are absolutely spot on with everything you have said with regards to discussed topic of heraldry, armigers, the Lord Lyon, Argyll, Duart, etc. I always enjoy reading your posts. Thank you for sharing your comments. I have learned a lot from you two...keep it up!

Beannach'd libh,

[BoldHighlander]

Very enjoyable read gents, Sandy and Scott, you two are absolutely spot on with everything you have said with regards to discussed topic of heraldry, armigers, the Lord Lyon, Argyll, Duart, etc. I always enjoy reading your posts. Thank you for sharing your comments. I have learned a lot from you two...keep it up!

Beannach'd libh,

Hear! Hear!