My new Blackwatch

**Tattoo Bradley** · 28th February 07, 10:56 AM

I'm also one who won't wear this tartan. Personal choice. But, I must say you wear it well and if it's anything like the Irish Saffron I received from SWK last year, it's surely a quality kilt. Thanks for sharing the piccies.

**Rampant Lion** · 28th February 07, 12:10 PM

I really don't want to rain on anyone's parade, but that is NOT the Black Watch tartan. It appears to be half of the sett, if that makes any sense. This may not be a big deal to you, but as a Grant myself, if I was getting a kilt in the Grant Hunting tartan I'd want it to be THE Grant HuntingBlack Watch tartan.

It's a nice looking kilt nonetheless.

-Will

**Skweres** · 28th February 07, 12:58 PM

Originally Posted by Rampant Lion

I really don't want to rain on anyone's parade, but that is NOT the Black Watch tartan. It appears to be half of the sett, if that makes any sense. This may not be a big deal to you, but as a Grant myself, if I was getting a kilt in the Grant Hunting tartan I'd want it to be THE Grant HuntingBlack Watch tartan.

It's a nice looking kilt nonetheless.

-Will

can you supply a picture of the actual tartan? and describe the differences?

**Panache** · 28th February 07, 01:10 PM

R. L.

I would be interested as well. I have three separate Black Watch Tartan articles (two kilts and a flyplaid) and looking closely at the Stillwater site for a clear picture of the tartan it looks the same as these three. There seem to be a varying range of colors. The colors in the wool of my Black Watch economy kilt from the Celtic Croft are more mmuted and seem to blend in with each other so the black stripe is very difficult to discern while the scottish handsewn one is very bright and distinct. The SWK seems to fall somewhere between in terms of these colors values (but that could also just be my monitor. Also I thought that the size of the sett is always going to be different depending on the weaver. Is this maybe the difference?

Cheers

Panache

**Rampant Lion** · 28th February 07, 01:13 PM

Ok. Here is a picture of the Black Watch tartan from Lochcarron in the Braeriach material.

Notice the blue squares alternate with 2 black lines in the center, then two sets of two black lines at the edges.

Here is the picture of the "Black Watch" Wool Heavyweight Kilt from Stillwater's website

Notice that the blue squarea only have the two black stripes in the center.

**cavscout** · 28th February 07, 01:14 PM

The kilt looks great Mike. According to the tartan shown here

http://www.tartans.scotland.net/read...kwatch.cfm.htm

There does appear to be a difference in the pattern.

I thought you were refering to the blue squares surrounded by green versus the green squares surrounded by blue.

**A Hay** · 28th February 07, 01:11 PM

Splash,
I'd like to add my voice to the chorus of congratulations. Very nice looking kilt and it fits you well.
Hope you get to wear it often.

Tom

**Cawdorian** · 28th February 07, 01:14 PM

Some of the colors and lines in the darker modern tartans do not show up well in photographs.

The Black Watch Tartan has a single set of double black lines in one line of blue and a double set of double black lines in the next blue sett, look at the top photograph, you can barely see the double black lines.

**Skweres** · 28th February 07, 01:17 PM

thanks for the help R.L. i do see the difference, its small but the little stripes are the ones that really matter depending the clan

**Panache** · 28th February 07, 01:25 PM

R.L.

That's interesting. I'm still not sure if those black stripes are truly missing or just not evident in this photo.

What do you think Splash?

Cheers

Panache

By the by, though it was really helpful, I don't think Jerry wants people taking images from the Stillwater Kilts site.