Approximate Braveheart Tartan
My question to the rabble is: what tartan readily available from the various mills most closely approximates the Braveheart tartan worn by Mel Gibson in the movie? I am looking for a tartan in which all of the colors are muted, and would not make me look like an overstuffed barcalounger from 1969.
Some time ago, back in 2007, our own Rocky of USA Kilts tracked down the Braveheart Tartan worn by Mel Gibson in the movie. He also reported that the tartan was of a loose weave, and was not suitable for a stitched, or tailored kilt. The original thread is here: http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f...t-kilts-28432/
I am looking for suggestions as to a substitute from which a tailored kilt could be made. What say you all?
"Before two notes of the theme were played, Colin knew it was Patrick Mor MacCrimmon's 'Lament for the Children'...Sad seven times--ah, Patrick MacCrimmon of the seven dead sons....'It's a hard tune, that', said old Angus. Hard on the piper; hard on them all; hard on the world." Butcher's Broom, by Neil Gunn, 1994 Walker & Co, NY, p. 397-8.
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