"Honour Of Scotland" Tartan? Lookalike?

**Lady M** · 4th June 09, 09:05 PM

Question answered. Topic removed.

**Big Mikey** · 4th June 09, 09:58 PM

After putting "Honour" beside "Heritage" I would be inclined to say that the former is a knock-off of the latter. The colours are somewhat similar but the sett is very different.

**Lady M** · 4th June 09, 10:04 PM

Topic removed.

**Colonel MacNeal** · 5th June 09, 11:02 AM

I bought a "Spirit of Scotland" kilt from the Golds several years ago, but it was in fact the "Heritage of Scotland" tartan. The Golds play fast & loose with names and products.

**The Guy in the Kilt at UC** · 5th June 09, 11:08 AM

It's a "Spirit of Scotland"... ..at least according to ebay. I have an acrylikilt in it, and I like it a lot. Perhaps my favorite non-wool I own.

**Lady M** · 5th June 09, 11:15 AM

Topic removed.

**ForresterModern** · 5th June 09, 12:48 PM

They are all very similar to one another but all the setts are different. Everybody wants to sell their own version of some tartan that is emotionally "attached" to Scotland so there are a lot of lookalikes out there.

**Colonel MacNeal** · 5th June 09, 01:50 PM

Originally Posted by Lady M

Spirit of Scotland is quite a pretty tartan! But it doesn't appear to have any white in it...

http://www.scotweb.co.uk/tartan/Spir...Scotland/51046
http://www.scotweb.co.uk/tartan/Spir...-Modern/103487

I do think, ignoring the white stripe in the Honour Of Scotland tartan, that it does look the most like the Spirit of Scotland tartan. Perhaps that is the one it was trying to look like. That probably solves the mystery of what exactly Honour Of Scotland is. Maybe they added the white stripe to avoid copyright issues...

Agreed - according to the tartan register, there is no white in Spirit of Scotland. The tartan with white stripe is Heritage of Scotland. The Golds employ an "Economy of Truth."