Hi folks

In the Newbie section, we got into a discussion yesterday about military tartans and whether you had to prove that you were a member of the specific service in order to wear the tartan. Thought this might be of interest to some of you who had not been part of that thread, so I thought I'd unbury the topic and put it here.

I did some checking about various things that phil h, cajunscot, colin, and I all thought, and here's what I learned:

-All of the US military tartans are currently unofficial.
-The RCAF tartan is an official tartan.
-There are no restrictions on either the use or wearing of any of the US military tartans or of the RCAF tartan.

If you're interested in tartan yardage for the military tartans, Strathmore carries them (http://www.tartanbystrathmore.co.uk/Pages/finder.html) in 11 oz and 13 oz. The 13 oz weight has a kilting selvedge. The 11 oz. fabric is really too light to make a good kilt.

Cheers,

Barb