Tartan flashes: bias or straight?

[Graeme H]

Update: I tried Googling "bias-cut tartan flashes", in the hopes of finding suggestions on how to make them. But all that came up were regular tartan flashes, and bias-cut tartan skirts and waistcoats. Turns out bias-cut flashes aren't remotely common. In fact, it would seem there's only one company offering them, and from my personal experience of owning one, I'd consider flashes with a Sport Kilt not unlike getting a matching tie for your gym shorts.

That's interesting, it was my assumption that cutting flashes on the bias was the norm? Our kiltmaker always supplies a set of flashes with every kilt and they are always cut on the bias. I always assumed (probably wrongly so) that this stops them from twisting, the same reason a tie is cut on the bias. I never really thought about it though!

Great discussion, until now I wasn't aware that tartan flashes were taboo in the community!