Saltire kilt

**Graham** · 14th March 07, 03:10 PM

Tim, I ask the piper where he bought his kilt, a shop in Edinburgh near the castle, didn't say which.

The wee drummer is the son of our pipe major, his mum made his kilt.

**ccga3359** · 14th March 07, 03:25 PM

Originally Posted by Graham

We had a ceilidh last Sat. night, one of the pipers turned up in a saltire kilt. First time I've see it close up, very nice indeed!

Sounds like someone is readying to order number 21!

Move over Rover, daddy's in trouble again.

**ccga3359** · 14th March 07, 03:29 PM

Originally Posted by Chef

Other than the concept of sitting on my nations flag, I really do like the Saltire kilt.

I agree that one must be very careful about wearing there nations flag as clothing.
That being said I believe that this saltire kilt is only an optical illusion and that the saltire does not actually exist, but appears when pleated properly. Hamish has said that it is a specialty weave and used by only the one company that makes this kilt. So, I feel at least, that one is not sitting on the national flag.

**Hamish** · 14th March 07, 06:32 PM

Tim, I ask the piper where he bought his kilt, a shop in Edinburgh near the castle, didn't say which.

Gray, I suspect this shop is the same one from which I bought my Saltire kilt, namely 'Colin of Edinburgh' (formerly The Scottish Store) at the top end of Johnson Terrace. However, since this tartan is restricted (in the weaving, not the wearing!) the kilts are made up by only one firm of kiltmakers as far as I know. These kilts are now offered by many other kiltmakers and Highland Dress outfitters across Scotland who presumably act as agents for the weavers.

It is an intriguing weave across a somewhat simple tartan, and the Saltire marking appears only on the outward facing side of each pleat - as the pleats swing open the Saltire becomes fragmented, for want of a better word! If the design were to be woven continuously across the fabric, the Saltire would have jagged edges and would be most unattractive. Personally, I do not consider this kilt to be a flag at all, and so I have no compunction in wearing it.

**Riverkilt** · 14th March 07, 10:09 PM

Barefoot is taking authenticity to the extreme...but I love it!

Graham, you're the man!

Ron

**keepoffgrass** · 14th March 07, 10:19 PM

I looks pretty nice. I suppose Id wear a stars and stripes kilt also if they made such a thing. Ive seen enough stars and stripes bikinis around come to the conclusion that wearing the nations flag (in part anyways) isn't necessarily a bad thing :-D

**Graham** · 15th March 07, 04:50 AM

Originally Posted by Riverkilt

Barefoot is taking authenticity to the extreme...but I love it!

Graham, you're the man!

Ron

Cheers Ron, I'd been dancing prior to the haggis presentation and didn't bother putting my shoes on.

Hamish, you and the piper both wear the saltire kilt well!

**Pour1Malt** · 15th March 07, 05:25 AM

ai luv the Saltire kilt!

ai seen many in action...

(oan pub crawls an oan the band Scocha!)

ai buy yin as soon as ai see yin oan the sale rack in ma size!