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cavscout Best Tartans Pleated to... 8th June 05, 11:20 AM
Colin MacKenzie 8th June 05, 11:34 AM
beerbecue Leatherneck Armstrong... 8th June 05, 11:40 AM
Jimmy Carbomb You know my preference on... 8th June 05, 02:11 PM
macwilkin to the stripe 8th June 05, 02:29 PM
Jerry Rocky pleated my new USA... 9th June 05, 02:37 PM
RockyR Buccleuch Campbell Clark... 10th June 05, 05:12 AM
cavscout This is a great list. Thanks... 10th June 05, 09:10 AM
Freelander Sporrano The Irish Diaspora tartan is... 10th June 05, 10:17 AM
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    Best Tartans Pleated to Stripe?

    What are the best tartans to pleat to stripe?

    So Far I've heard: *Recommended by others later in the thread.

    Gordon Modern
    Douglas
    *MacKenzie
    *Leatherneck
    *Armstrong
    *Atlanta
    *Cameron of Erracht (yellow-in-red striping)
    *Murray of Atholl
    *Stewart Hunting
    *Texas Bluebonnet http://www.tartans.scotland.net/tar...?tartan_id=2303
    *Buccleuch
    *Campbell
    *Clark
    *Colquhoun
    *Farquharson
    *Gunn
    *Macpherson
    *Maclean Hntg
    *MacLeod Hntg...
    *MacKenzie DRESS
    *MacQueen
    *Ramsay
    *Wallace
    *Irish Diaspora



    What others are popular to Stripe? Maybe we can assemble a page with photo's of Tartens to Sett and an opposing Photo of Tartans to Stripe if there isn't already a comprehensive site somewhere.
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    Leatherneck

    Armstrong
    Atlanta
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    You know my preference on sett pleating, but that "Leatherneck" tartan pleated to the stripe is truly a thing of beauty!!! In fact, I don't think that it can be any other way and retain the striking characteristics. That also requires that the kilt be made VERY precisely so that the pleats hang and sway with uniformity.

    I also have seen "Cameron of Erracht" done with the yellow-in-red striping being the pleats. Wow! Was that ever gorgeous?! The front apron was just busy enough not to draw the eye immediately to the pleats. It looked as though there were twice as many pleats as there actually were/was.
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    to the stripe

    A number of the tartans mentioned so far are tartans associated with military organizations, such as Scottish regiments of the British Army and the US Marine Corps:

    Gordon: The Gordon Highlanders
    Mackenzie: The Seaforth Highlanders & the Highland Light Infantry
    Douglas: The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
    Cameron of Erracht: The Cameron Highlanders

    There are also a number of Commonwealth Scottish regiments in Canada, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand that wear several of these tartans. (To be fair, some only had pipers in kilts, whilst officers and other ranks wore tartan trews.)

    I would also suggest the Murray of Atholl, which was worn by the Atholl Highlanders (The Duke of Atholl's "private army") and The Transvaal Scottish (South Africa), and the Stewart Hunting, which was worn as a kilt by several battalions of the Royal Scots Regiment. I'll have to see what stripe their kilts were pleated to.

    Pleating to the stripe is traditionally (but not exclusively) associated with military kits (although I am NOT suggesting that anyone but the military should do it!)

    Cheers,

    Todd
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    The thing I like about the Armstrong and Atlanta, both based on Black Watch, I believe, is that they have a distinct red stripe over the BW, just in different parts of the sett.

    That red stripe, over the dark blue and black, is very striking - I will post a photo of the Atlanta I have been working on for far too long (I have taken a break to pack up!) but I have a few pleats finished.....

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    Rocky pleated my new USA traditional, in Modern Gordon, to stripe and it looks great.
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    Buccleuch
    Campbell
    Clark
    Colquhoun
    Farquharson
    Gunn
    Macpherson
    Maclean Hntg
    MacLeod Hntg...
    MacKenzie DRESS
    MacQueen
    Ramsay
    Wallace



    Anything with a line that "pops" off the background colors in the tartan.

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    This is a great list. Thanks for everyone's help.

    I've been eyeing the Quinn tartan on Rocky's web site what do you think about that one to stripe? It's not as drastic a contrast but might be interesting with the flashes of Red.

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    The Irish Diaspora tartan is one of the best I've seen pleated to stripe .I just can't find the picture of it .....
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