Wearing kilts of other tartans than your clans.

[macwilkin]

Here's my issue:

I would personally lean toward respecting clan tartans. Unfortunately that places a vast majority of tartans out of my reach. I am Irish by pure patrilineal descent, German and Norwegian by percentages. So there are a few national tartans I could wear, or I could go with the Oregon tartan (if I can find it). But those are rarely listed in the "stock tartans" on most sites, so the cost goes up. Other than that, I can go with a few generic (most of which I don't like) or fashion tartans (also rarely in stock).

This makes it pretty tricky if I want to buy anything but a "Nightstalker" if I want a standard SWK. All of the others are family or Marine tartans, so I don't feel right.

What's a guy to do? Oh well, it'll probably be a while before the wife lets me buy another kilt anyway

Kevin,

If you're interested in the Oregon State Tartan, you should talk to Matt Newsome, Barb T. or Kathy Lare -- all three can order small runs of tartans from weavers. That was how I got my Iowa tartan kilt from Matt.

I like the Oregon tartan, btw. It's one I could wear, as some of my Scottish ancestors moved to Portland from Iowa after the Civil War.

Regards,

Todd