Scots Firms Secure Army Kilts Contracts.

[Nervous Jock]

An accompanying picture showed a man holding a length of Black Watch tartan. My question is: Will the Royal Regiment now use only one tartan? Or, can/will the various battalions use different tartans, such as MacKenzie, Gordon, etc.?

The tartan that is being used is gevernment tartan 1A with the pleats being boxed. This is the only pattern being used for Kilts, less pipe bands

The situation with kit is a real shambles at the moment as there is hardly enough to go round. all ceremonial kit is held centrally in Edinburgh and is issued on an "As required basis" at the moment. I've heard this is down to buttons etc. So if you are on a parade you get issued RRS buttons which you sew on your jacket then you have to cut them off and return them.

There has also been an issue with Sporrans as they had ordered a job lot that were such poor quality they couldn't be used.

[Nervous Jock]

Here is the link to the new dress regs

http://www.army.mod.uk/linkedfiles/2...egulations.pdf

You can see its a bit of a mish mash of stuff from all the regiments

i'll try to get some photos

[Nanook]

I've heard this is down to buttons etc. So if you are on a parade you get issued RRS buttons which you sew on your jacket then you have to cut them off and return them.

Why not use the metal O-rings? Jackets are made not to call to have their button sewn. (with the 20+ buttons on a no1 tunic its still some effort).

[Nervous Jock]

Why not use the metal O-rings? Jackets are made not to call to have their button sewn. (with the 20+ buttons on a no1 tunic its still some effort).

Tends to be more for No 2 dress jackets, The numbers 1's have always been held centrally as they are used for for relatively few events, so they are issued too.