Romsdal district tartan or Sinclair hunting tartan?

[Johnny Selkie]

Most of you probably know the history of clan Sinclair http://www.clansinclair.org/history.htm and the Sinclair hunting tartan http://lochcarron.com/tartanstrome/s...r_hunting.html so I won't go into any details about neither the history of the clan or the hunting tartan, but I can't help to think that even if I'd become a member of clan Sinclair (working on my membership application at the moment) it still would've been nice to wear a kilt in a tartan that is being used in norway today, but at the same time I don't have any hestitations about showing pride in the connection between Northwestern Norway and Orkney, Shetland by wearing the sinclair hunting tartan as I have several genealogical, historical and geographical connections to clan Sinclair through the norse line.

The Romsdal district tartan comes from Måndalen ("the Moon valley") a small place in Romsdalen in the county of Møre and Romsdal, Norway where my great grandfather was born and raised. Its a registered tartan http://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tar....aspx?ref=3544 dating back to at least the latter half of the 19th century. How well would a kilt in this tartan be recieved? As its a rare tartan scotweb offered me to pay 400 pounds for 8 yards of fabric woven by DC Dalgliesh. Should I shell out my last monestary loot for a kilt in this tartan or should I opt for the Sinclair hunting tartan choice?

The pictures below are of bunads (folk costumes) from Romsdalen.