Clan Crest Shirts

**M. A. C. Newsome** · 29th June 07, 05:46 PM

Ok, I'm home now, so going from memory, this is what I know we have in stock now...
Anderson, Armstrong, Bruce, Buchanan, Campbell, Gordon, MacDonald, MacGregor, MacQuarrie, Stewart, and Wallace.

Ok, so that's eleven. I may be remembering one or two wrong. And as to what's coming in the "second tier" I can't tell you specifically right now 'cause I don't know off the top of my head! We sent our shirt guy a list of what we consider the more common clans, and told him to work on that artwork next. So if your clan is something like Cameron or Fraser or Henderso or MacFarlane, Robertson, etc., it's probably going to be in that second tier. If it's one like Arbuthnott, Charteris, Gayre, Oliphant, or Swinton, we don't plan on stocking those names. :-)

BUT the good news is that my shirt guy has the artwork for all of the listed names available and has agreed to do single orders for me. So if you want to order Marjoribanks, go ahead! Just be advised that if it is a more "unusual" name it will take longer for shipping.

I will say that the Stewart shirts that we have in stock right now have the Stuart of Bute crest on them (though the name on the shirt is spelled "Stewart.") This was a mistake, and we are having some more shirts (to be delivered this weekend, I am told) with the proper Stewart of Galloway crest (the Pelican in her Piety).

So, McMurdo, send me an email at tartans@scottishtartans.org and let me know which Stewart you'd prefer.

M

**M. A. C. Newsome** · 29th June 07, 05:50 PM

Also, just so people can be advised, this is a new line which means our embroiderer is still working on the artwork for all these crests. Like I said, he's working his way through a list of commonly requested names we gave him now. So for the first little while, until he gets all the artwork for each crest done, there may be a bit of extra wait time to get the shirt in for the first person to order a particular crest.

Once that art is completed, though, we should be able to get these shirts out in a fairly timely fashion even if we don't have your particular crest or size in stock at the time.

The time consuming part is the creation of the initial artwork. So if yours is the first order for a particular crest, just be aware of this....
M

**Lambda** · 2nd July 07, 12:03 PM

Originally Posted by M. A. C. Newsome

Ok, I'm home now, so going from memory, this is what I know we have in stock now...
Anderson, Armstrong, Bruce, Buchanan, Campbell, Gordon, MacDonald, MacGregor, MacQuarrie, Stewart, and Wallace.

Ok, so that's eleven. I may be remembering one or two wrong.

"Thank you for your recent order. The item you have requested is not currently in stock and has been placed on back order. Please allow 2 to 4 weeks for delivery of your order."

Anderson?... Oh well, let the shirt jonesin' begin!

**Splash_4** · 29th June 07, 05:43 PM

Well, what can I say...... Ordered Place!

**Splash_4** · 29th June 07, 06:00 PM

Hey Matt, no issue here. I am not actually expecting to wear it until I get back from India.

**Riverkilt** · 30th June 07, 08:44 AM

Jeez Matt,

First the Lewis hose addiction....now this!

I'm suddenly hopeful that with a local shop and modern computer technology that just maybe....possibly....for once in my life...someone that does these clan crests could use the Island Scot/Canadian Scot spelling of "Macdonald" instead of capitalizing the D....???

There are many many Macdonald families out there who would RUSH to your shop to get them...and I even belong to a group of "Small d d*mn it!" Macdonalds - as well as my extended family and would proudly spread the word of this treasure.

Or are they olde, staid, inflexible, and only gonna do the MacDonald ones and leave us Macdonalds out in the cold...

Yes I'm pleading...begging...all that stuff.

Ron

**M. A. C. Newsome** · 30th June 07, 11:13 AM

Originally Posted by Riverkilt

I'm suddenly hopeful that with a local shop and modern computer technology that just maybe....possibly....for once in my life...someone that does these clan crests could use the Island Scot/Canadian Scot spelling of "Macdonald" instead of capitalizing the D....???

There are many many Macdonald families out there who would RUSH to your shop to get them...and I even belong to a group of "Small d d*mn it!" Macdonalds - as well as my extended family and would proudly spread the word of this treasure.

Or are they olde, staid, inflexible, and only gonna do the MacDonald ones and leave us Macdonalds out in the cold...

Yes I'm pleading...begging...all that stuff.

Ron

Actually, the way they are doing these crests for us, the names are all in caps. See the picture of the Armstrong crest on the site, and notice that it is ARMSTRONG. With "Mac" names the "ac" is lower case and all the rest are in caps. So MacDonald would be "MacDONALD."

I don't know how easy it would be for him to customize spelling. I believe that the name and the crest are all part of the same piece of artwork for them. In other words, the name is not a separate element of the design. But that's my assumption, I don't know to be honest with you.

One more question to ask the shirt guy next week....
M

**Riverkilt** · 30th June 07, 12:13 PM

Thanks Matt NewSome,

Tell your vendor if he can find a way to create a Macdonald shirt instead of MacDonald or MacDONALD he'll probably experience a rush of business from grateful Macdonalds who have long suffered the MacDONALD spelling.

I pledge to spread the word extensively should this be possible.

Ron

**Arlen** · 1st July 07, 05:38 AM

Originally Posted by Riverkilt

Thanks Matt NewSome,

Tell your vendor if he can find a way to create a Macdonald shirt instead of MacDonald or MacDONALD he'll probably experience a rush of business from grateful Macdonalds who have long suffered the MacDONALD spelling.

I pledge to spread the word extensively should this be possible.

Ron

Yeah, and I'd love one that just said 'Donald' or 'Clan Donald.'
But I'm happy to get a MacDonald one, too.
Or Macdonald.

I'm just happy to get one.

**Jeff** · 17th July 08, 06:49 AM

I saw these in Matt's shop last week while visiting the WNC area on a motorcycle vacation. The shirts have the look and feel of a fine polo shirt.
I believe they had three buttons and were black, very nice shirts. But no room for them so I just picked up some hose.
I am thinking of getting one of the shirts soon.
BTW, nice shop and museum had a great time looking around. I'll come back when I visit the area again.