Duplicate Tartans

[Kent Frazier]

How many here have kilts with duplicate tartans? If so, was there a particular reason for doing so?

Thanks,

Kent

[Tattoo Bradley]

I know there are a few here that do. I can think of two different members who have multiple Leatherneck tartan kilts in various weights and styles. I have two Henderson kilts, that are technically the same tartan, but in different hues. One's the ancient colors and the other is the weathered...

[turpin]

I have two Gordon Modern - knife pleat 13 oz and box pleat 18 oz. the 18 oz was the second. I go a good deal on the material and wanted something different for it. The box seemed the way to go.

[James MacMillan]

I have several tartans in different weights and/or pleats. When I first started building up my wardrobe, I didn't know that much about pleating choices, and most were to sett. Now that I know more about pleating options, I have gravitated towards pleating to stripe, and not always the same stripe. I really like the appearance of a different look, for front and back. With some tartans, the choice of pleating accent results in a different kilt entirely. In some cases duplicate tartans were acquired, because I had opportunities to get higher value for $$ spent. For instance, when the Thistle Barn went out of business, I picked up two kilts in tartans that I already had, because I could not pass up the deal.

In the case of the Leatherneck tartan, not only do I really like the design and color pattern, but I have a very strong tie to it. Heck I have an ex-army friend who only has one kilt, and he chose Leatherneck cause he just likes it!

If a deal jumped up in Back Stewart (or any other tartan for that matter) that I also really like, I would not hesitate, just because I already have that tartan.

(6)Leathermeck; tank (sett) casual (stripe-2) (sett) sport (sett) [Newsome box (stripe)on order]

(2)Wallace; Tank (sett) casual (stripe)

(3)Black Stewart; Casual (sett)(stripe) Lightweight (stripe)

(2)MacQueen; Casual (sett)(stripe)

Can you ever have too many tartans? In you pants days, how many pairs of jeans did (or do) you have?

[cessna152towser]

I have two budget MacKenzie kilts. I have Mackenzie ancestry which I honour with a 13 oz wool weathered Mackenzie, but the standard MacKenzie tartan is widely available in cheap kilts from the tourist shops here in Scotland and I wear these for casual wear. I bought a lightweight polycotton Mackenzie in a tourist shop while I was on holiday, for £45. The material is very soft and comfortable, in fact too soft as after a couple of days wearing it was already beginning to pill where the sporran chain rubbed on it. A few weeks later one of the Gold Brothers shops which sells on e-bay reduced the price of their PVC 5-yard kilt in some tartans including MacKenzie, and I bought one of those for just £25. Each gets their turn of being worn.

[Clockwork John]

I have two Black Watch/Campbell kilts. One is a cheap synthetic (I'm not even sure what the material actually is... there's no tag) that I got for $50, and the other is a Canadian military issue 22 oz beast.

I'm a Campbell, so that explains the tartan choice.

I bought the cheap synthetic at the Pomona highland games because the price was right, I could look at it before buying it, and it was reasonably well made. Eveything lookd good. It had a decent selvage, the stitching looked decent, thebuckes and straps are of reasonable quality... It's even pleated to sett correctly!

I bought "the beast" as I affectionately call it, because it was a deal too good to pass up. One of the members here is in a pipe band, and they were selling their old uniform kilts to raise money for new ones. They had two left, one of which was my size. How often do you see a kilt of that quality for $100 shipped? I scrounged together the money, and now I am the proud owner of a military issue kilt, made in Glasgow in 1957.

[Riverkilt]

I have a USA Kilts semi-trad in generic Macdonald tartan. I have a SportKilt (pleated to the gather) "kilt" in generic Macdonald.

Former is for nice wear, later is for hiking or to loan my lady to wear as a tartan dress.



The SportKilt with NativeEarth #9 pouch converted to a large sporran for hiking or highland games plunder.



The USA Kilts semi-traditional Macdonald tartan...the one with pleats...

Ron

[James MacMillan]

Looks like half a saddle bag! Where can I get one?

[Tattoo Bradley]

WOW RON! That "sporran" is HUUUUUUUUUUUUGE!!!

[Ozman1944]

I have two Blackwatch - one for summer, one for winter,
two Wallace, One for summer, one for winter,