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Torf the Kiltmaker, part I

I didn't stick around the Highland dance tent for long, as I wanted to see the North Texas Caledonian Pipes & Drums perform. They had two performances of the day, one at 10:30 AM and one at 3:00 PM, but I had something else I planned to do at 3:00. So I went over to the "Glengarry Tent". On my way I spotted this fellow in a Kilmarnock bonnet, kilt in a lovely green, blue, and light gray tartan, and red-and-white checked cadadh. I later found out that he was Torf the Kiltmaker, and his kilt is in fact a WWI-vintage military box-pleated Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders kilt. He said that the warp and the weft threads were dyed in two different shades of gray, so I guess their lightness is not due to fading. It produces a very different effect than the standard Black Watch tartan one sees. Unfortunately, this is the best picture I have of the tartan.
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