Meet the Joneses: Thread for those awaiting the X Marks Tartan

[cloves]

Thanks Panache, I really appreciate it.

[Retro Red]

It'll be quite some time before I see my X-Marks tartan, cuz I'm having Steve ship my 2-meters directly to Matt to be made into one of his fine box-pleat kilts.

Since I've got 9 kilts to wear right now (not all at the same time), I'm not jonesing too badly. As long as I have the X-Marks kilt in time for my October trip to Scotland, I'll be satisfied.

It's a good thing this X-Marks tartan became available when it did, though, or I would've spent that money on a kilt in the American Express tartan. I've worked there for over 13 years, so I figure I've earned the right to wear it & actually, I think it's a pretty nice looking tartan. (And no, the tartan isn't made up of alternating pictures of Amex green, gold, platinum & black cards! ) Here's what the Amex tartan looks like. I'll probably still get one, later...


...and then I'll probably get a kilt in the Moffat Clan or Highland Granite tartan, & then...

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[RakesOfMallow]

I'm having Matt make a 5 yard knife pleated kilt from the X-Marks tartan I ordered...I currently have a 4 yard box pleat on order (in 16 oz saffron) which should be ready in a few months. So now I'm jonesing for 2 kilts!

Tom

[Kid Cossack]

It's a good thing this X-Marks tartan became available when it did, though, or I would've spent that money on a kilt in the American Express tartan. I've worked there for over 13 years, so I figure I've earned the right to wear it & actually, I think it's a pretty nice looking tartan.
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I like that tartan too. Hmm, I've been a cardmember for long enough that it feels like a clan association . . .

[way2fractious]

So far have pics of the work of Way2fractious, Rocky (USA Kilts), Matt Newsome, Geoffrey (Tailor), Pat at House of Tartans, Steve Ashton (Freedom Kilts), Barb Tewksbury, and Kathy Lare.

Ummm... Ron, there must be a mistake here.... It seems... ahhh... perhaps you mixed in your one-entry "B" list with your seven-entry "A" list. There is a grand canyon of difference between an "enthused amateur" (your own phrase) and someone who really knows how to make kilts.

w2f

[way2fractious]

My portion of the last run of XMarks tartan (14 oz) was used to build a "tank" at the August 2006 Kilt Kamp in Lake Tahoe with Elsie Stuehmeyer. This next order of three meters (16 oz) is to construct a lighter weight, more casual, kilt for use in these moderate climes.

[Dreadbelly]

Ummm... Ron, there must be a mistake here.... It seems... ahhh... perhaps you mixed in your one-entry "B" list with your seven-entry "A" list. There is a grand canyon of difference between an "enthused amateur" (your own phrase) and someone who really knows how to make kilts.

w2f

BZZZZZZZZZZZT! Sorry! I've seen your work. Hobby level work it is not. Anybody that sacrifices personal space for what they love (by your own description) is a dedicated soul.

Your modesty concerning your craft only proves me correct. Any further attempt to argue the point will only further cement my claims.

[The F-H.C.A.G.]

Yeah w2f, what he said.

Be well,

[Warhoover]

I ordered 7 meters, going to sit on most it for just a little while though. I have "irons in the fire" so to speak. I am in line for one of Barbs pieces of art in Ancient Grant and I am just about to pull the trigger on a Matt Newsome box pleat in the 13 oz Grant tartan from Strathmore in reproduction of late 18th century coloration. Kind of a period kilt, colors to match the era of the box pleat. Definately a unique twist that Matt suggested.

Any way, Plans are for 2.5 yards of the XMarks clan tartan will go to Matt for a box pleat and the rest will eventually go towards possibly a knife pleat trad. or a military box pleated ( does the mil box pleat require more yardage?) at a later date. No rush on that though. Will have enough Jonesing to keep me on pins and needles for a few months while these first three get done.

Like Panache said, "I am Jonesing but I am happy!!!"
:mrgreen:

[way2fractious]

... possibly a knife pleat trad. or a military box pleated ( does the mil box pleat require more yardage?)...

Short answer: No, the yardage requirement is the same as any other pleat-to-stripe.

Longer answer: Military box pleats are generally constructed at one per sett. The tartans usually used by the military are 18 to 22 oz and have fairly large setts, so the pleat depth is good. Smaller setts on lighter fabric would produce shallower depths.

The sett of the XMarks tartan (14 oz, run #2) was about 6 7/8 inches, and Steve Ashton is "guessing" this sett (16 oz, run #3) at 7 1/8 inches. This is smaller than the 8-9-10-inch setts of the tartans usually pleated in mil-box.

With knife pleats and 1-inch reveals, pleat depth would be approx. 3 inches. Turn back the knife edge into 1-inch mil-boxes, and the measured pleat depth drops to 2 inches - sort of. But the expansion of the pleats during movement, and the manner in which they move, is very different than a knife pleat with a 2-inch depth.

I need to do a little more investigation (read: test pleating) to see if a 7-inch sett in 16 oz tartan will be satisfactory.