New Pv Tartans!

**RockyR** · 14th July 06, 08:43 AM

Originally Posted by M. A. C. Newsome

Just a word of advice to actually *look* at the swatches and don't jsut go by the names. Some are given different names than you'd expect. For instance, what they call "Gem" is really Maclaine of Lochbuie hunting. What they call "Malcolm" is really black Stewart. What they call "Westgate" is Gordon (which is really weird, since they do a Gordon, and from teh swatches the only difference seems to be that one has a slightly larger sett than the other).

Ture... some are a little different.

Gem is MacLaine of Lochbuie (or something very close)... (MacLaine looks like it's a lighter blue and has a black surrounding the yellow where the "Gem" tartan is Navy with no black)
"Westgate" is a much smaller version of Gordon (sett is about 1/2 the size)
Malcolm is a mix of MacBeth and Black Stewart. It's a similar patter to both, but it is a navy base, not black (tough to see on some monitors)

If anyone has any questions about a particular tartan's color or anything, please PM me and I'll be happy to answer any questions you have.

**KiltedCodeWarrior** · 14th July 06, 07:42 PM

OK, for those that want to see them live, here is a link that shows all of the tartans in question: http://www.mindspring.com/~aquajock/marton%20tartans.htm

**Woodsheal** · 15th July 06, 03:36 AM

Rocky,

"SportKilt" is offering the US Army tartan in its "poly" fabric. Can you get that (or is that not poly-viscose)?

**RockyR** · 15th July 06, 06:31 AM

Originally Posted by Woodsheal

Rocky,

"SportKilt" is offering the US Army tartan in its "poly" fabric. Can you get that (or is that not poly-viscose)?

Hey Woodsheal,

Sportkilt's fabric is NOT Poly Viscose. They use a cotton poly blend that is much thinner than ours. Unfortunately, we can not get the US Army tartan in PV. We CAN get it in wool and make a 5 yard wool kilt, but they start at $350. Any other PV tartans you're interested in?

**MacWage** · 15th July 06, 06:51 AM

After correspondance with Rocky, I will be getting PV for recovering my car seats in my roadster. Now, to decide which and how much . . .

From what I uderstand and have seen, PV looks/feels much more like a mid-weight wool. Poly cotton is much thinner and is closer to a cross between flannel and light weight wool.

I'd much prefer PV.

Also, be warned: Only a few use PV. Rocky is one and (I think) Bear is another. I will not speak for others.