Ways to identify

**Jerry** · 23rd January 06, 04:47 PM

I wish there was a way to identify fellow XMARKS members. I know that several of us in Va have attended the same highland games and celtic festivals. We have probably passed within touching distance and didn't know it. I guess wecould all order an XMARKS kilt pin or something, but the pin is small, and I don't want to spend the entire day looking at all the kilted guys legs. (Maybe my wife could do that?). Anyone have any ideas for something simple?

**Robin** · 23rd January 06, 04:57 PM

just an idea...

:grin:

**Iolaus** · 23rd January 06, 05:10 PM

I was pushing the idea of a t-shirt a while back, but apparently there's some licensing issues involved; Hank only has limited rights to the "X Marks the Scot" name.

...that doesn't mean that you can't have one printed up for yourself, but they can't be sold to other members.

**Southern Breeze** · 23rd January 06, 05:19 PM

Originally Posted by Robin

just an idea...

:grin:

Where can I get one? :-D

This has me thinking. Here's the specifications I came up with- it would have to be inexpensive, go with the majority of kilt outfits and look good.
I should have some solid ideas in the next few days. I'll be using the KISS principle on this one.

**Southern Breeze** · 23rd January 06, 06:01 PM

Here's my first idea-a leather fob or tag that can be worn on the sporran, belt, or hung around the neck. Most leather retailers carry pre-cut shapes and kits.
Any ideas on a design?

Example:

**bmrtin** · 23rd January 06, 07:34 PM

Originally Posted by Iolaus

I was pushing the idea of a t-shirt a while back, but apparently there's some licensing issues involved; Hank only has limited rights to the "X Marks the Scot" name.

...that doesn't mean that you can't have one printed up for yourself, but they can't be sold to other members.

i can see the problem with that but will hank allow us to design an offical x marks shirt

**Iolaus** · 23rd January 06, 08:55 PM

Originally Posted by bmrtin

i can see the problem with that but will hank allow us to design an offical x marks shirt

That's the problem; it's not Hank's call. The guy that actually owns the name has his own product line that uses the name as well, just without the ".com" part, and I believe he controls all marketing that involves the name. I don't recall the company right now, but one of the Mods might chime in with some clarification and post a link to the site?

Now, if you designed a shirt that doesn't infringe copyrights, but is unique enough to stand out and be recognized as a form of ID for us, that would work, but it kind of loses it's coolness factor (for me anyway) if it doesn't say something about XMarks - after all, we do want more people to come to the site!

**Manu** · 23rd January 06, 09:00 PM

What better ID than our very own Tartan!!!! but again, its expensive to make a kilt out of it than a t-shirt...

**UmAnOnion** · 23rd January 06, 09:11 PM

Originally Posted by Iñaki

What better ID than our very own Tartan!!!! but again, its expensive to make a kilt out of it than a t-shirt...

There is already a thread open for folks who want to buy the X-marks tartan for thier X-marks kilt ...Click here to link

Although pricey it woudl be well worth the investment & spark some interesting conversations about how each kilt wearer adapted the tartan for thier Kilt...

another option might be a custom belt buckle with a logo for X-marks - might run into the same prob as the t-shirt but there may be ways around this....

just random thoughts from a tired mind