Grant ancient tartan in formal attire

[starbkjrus]

snip...Here's a picture of John Grant (one of our best kilt customers!) in the Strathearn tartan:
http://giftshop.scottishtartans.org/strathearnkilt.jpg


Matt

Matt,

Wow, the Strathearn is gorgeous. How available is the cloth? Your Compendium of District Tartans says it has been adobpted by a pipeband so maybe it's orderable?


Oops, sorry. <Unhijack> I like the Grant Ancient colors.

[M. A. C. Newsome]

Matt,

Wow, the Strathearn is gorgeous. How available is the cloth? Your Compendium of District Tartans says it has been adobpted by a pipeband so maybe it's orderable?


Oops, sorry. <Unhijack> I like the Grant Ancient colors.

I can get it in 13 oz weight no problem. House of Edgar has it in their "Old & Rare" range, in both the modern and muted color schemes. The picture I showed is in the modern colors. I, personally, prefer the muted in this tartan.

You can see them both here by browsing this listing (it's on page 41).
http://www.tartanweb.org/range/house...old__rare.html

I think the muted Strathearn is one of those that you really have to see in person to appreciate.

M

[AllenJ]

Ooh! I really like that muted Strathearn! It's not too dissimilar from the Grant Champion tartan, which I've wanted in a kilt for years now. Unfortunatley, it's very rare and is thus a very expensive custom order. I find the Grant piper tartan very attractive as well.

Just for the record...
Here is the Grant Champion portirat:
http://s138.photobucket.com/albums/q...irMorGrant.jpg

And here is the Grant Piper portirat:
http://s138.photobucket.com/albums/q...r_by_Waitt.jpg

It is indeed Great to be a Grant!

[Warhoover]

Allen,

Always nice to meet a fellow clansman. Thanks for the photos. I had seen smaller versions of them. Thanks for the larger versions. I checked out your photobucket. I like the jacket. What time period is it? Your basket hilt is beautiful. I am sure that put you back a few Guineas. I agree the more I look at the Stathearn the more I like it. Definately on my list in the future.

[AllenJ]

Thanks for your compliments.

The jacket is actually a copy of the one in the Grant Champion portirat. So an approximate date for it would be about 1715, though we see similar ones much later than that.

My baskethilt- thanks, but the real credit goes to the smiths that made it.
EB Erickson made the hilt: http://eljay.myarmoury.com/
Angus Trim made the blade: http://www.angustrimdirect.com/index.html
Christian Fletcher put it all together and made the scabbard and baldric: http://www.christianfletcher.com/Site/Welcome.html

I am quite pleased with the result...and yet it was many, many Guineas ;)