Looking for pics of specific tartans

[M. A. C. Newsome]

Keep in mind that the same tartan can look rather different depending on the mill that produces it. So if you look at a photo of, say, the Hunting Stewart tartan on Linda Clifford's page and she's got a photo of a swatch from Strathmore, it's not going to necessarily reflect what a kilt purchased from Frugal Corner would look like. The only way to see that would be for Frugal Corner to have photos of the actual cloth they use on their web site.

If you go here to our gift shop's cloth page, you'll note that we provide hyperlinks to availability lists for all of the woolen mills that we order cloth from:
http://giftshop.scottishtartans.org/material.html

So if you are looking to order cloth from Ingles Buchan in 9 oz spring weight, you can see photos of their actual cloth. And then you can check the availability lists of Lochcarron's 10 oz range and Strathmore's 11 oz range and see how that same tartan compares. You may find you like the looks of one better than the other.

Of course, the *best* way to compare is to request samples be sent to you!

Aye,
Matt

[Rampant Lion]

our goal is to stock 5 of each waist size in both 13-16 oz from 30-48 in
AndersonBlack WatchCameronDouglasFlower of ScotlandMacDougallCochranGordonGrant HuntingHunting StewartKeithMacDonald DressMacIntosh HuntingMacKenzieMacLeod DressMacLeod HarrisMinnesotaModern MackenziePride of ScotlandRobertsonRoyal StewartWallaceScottish National
Clark/Clergy

I see that you list the Black Watch and the Grant Hunting separately. They are actually the same tartan (if it is the current Black Watch tartan ie. not the small sett). Is this because you just want customers to know they are the same, or are they different in some way, like one being in Ancient colours and the other being in Modern colours? Just curious.

[Casper]

Mark, would it be possible to get a list of the current tartans that you do and WILL have available in the near future? Your site, and your eBay ads only state the ones you have, 'and several others'.

[Rampant Lion]

Here's my Grant Hunting in ancient colours.


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[Avonlea22]

RL and Robin..thanks for the pictures.

Mark..I actually like that version of the Grant Hunting you have.
May I make a suggestion to you? I'm finding it very difficult to decide which tartan to choose from you, mainly because your site is lacking photo's of them.
Can you create clickable links (like you did for the Grant Hunting) for each of your tartans? Because they're computer generated, obviously they're not going to match exactly, but it sure would be better than going in without a clue. I really think it would be a wise decision, and ultimately give you more sales.

I'll be honest...I'm really considering buying my next kilt from you, but it really concerns me that you don't have pictures of your tartans available.

[Kilted-Marine]

It is our plan to have pictures of all the tartans we carry on the website and we have been talking about getting a model(s) so we have our own NICE pictures of MIK and WIK (Men in Kilts / Women in Kilts) and maybe even KIK (Kids in Kilts). We do have some custom pictures in a few of the tartans and it would be perfect to have a customer photo of each.

We know that our web designer is slow in making changes and it has been suggest by several members of this forum that we fire the website designer, who seems to take forever to make changes and is always complaining when he has to work late to get things done. BUT since I am the one that does it, I can not fire myself, and Mark Bennett (the second Owner of The Frugal Corner) can not spell HTML or WYSIWYG I am stuck doing the site.