Strathspey District Tartan

**pdcorlis** · 25th July 06, 07:47 PM

My thoughts exactly Kiltman!

**Big Dave** · 25th July 06, 07:55 PM

That's a great looking kilt.

**beloitpiper** · 25th July 06, 08:03 PM

That is a beautiful tartan, and the shirt matches perfectly!!

**Tattoo Bradley** · 25th July 06, 08:23 PM

Awesome! I love district tartans.

**MacSimoin** · 25th July 06, 08:33 PM

Phil,

Nice looking kilt (though a bit bright for my tastes). BTW, this is the first and only time I've ever seen a polo shirt look good with a kilt (sorry, Ham). I just don't like them but you're so color-coordinated it's scary. Great look, even with the sneakers.

**Scott Gilmore** · 25th July 06, 08:34 PM

Splendid kilt, great tartan and the shirt matches nicely. Excellent addition to the arsenal, Phil.

Regards,
Scott Gilmore

**AllenJ** · 26th July 06, 06:10 AM

interesting that its somewhat similar to the Black Watch, which is assosiated as the Clan Grant hunting tartan (because of the many Grants that served early in the Regiment). Strathspey lies smack in the middle of Grant lands. Connection maybe?

**mddock58** · 26th July 06, 06:13 AM

Looks great Phil!

**starbkjrus** · 26th July 06, 10:51 AM

Originally Posted by AllenJ

interesting that its somewhat similar to the Black Watch, which is assosiated as the Clan Grant hunting tartan (because of the many Grants that served early in the Regiment). Strathspey lies smack in the middle of Grant lands. Connection maybe?

Ask and ye shall receive...... :rolleyes:

The Compendium of District Tartans (Scotpress 2004, -05) Compiled by James A. Bullman and our own Matt Newsome has much to say about the Strathspey Tartan. Here is a short excerpt:

The Strathspey tartan comes from the back of a waistcoat that was supposedly worn by an officer of the Strathspey Fencibles Regiment, which was raised by Sir James Grant of Grant.

There is a good bit more but I wasn't going to retype it all and Acrobat won't let me cut and paste. I highly recommend this book as a reference.