Quote Originally Posted by Rex_Tremende View Post
Well, he understood that Lord Lyon did that. We were discussing the design of a personal tartan, which he desired to restrict the production of without permission. He claimed the process by which one did this was to go through Lord Lyon, and that's what he had learned from the internet. I'm trying to locate examples of where this might have been stated to be the case, because I haven't come up with any to substantiate such a claim. I can find reason for someone to be confused about it, though, and to confuse one with the other. For instance, the name of this sub-forum is "Tartans and Heraldry." They do seem like related topics and one might draw conclusions. But misinformation is another matter. I'm trying to locate possible sources of it.

Regards,
Rex.
I have long advocated that this sub-forum should be split into two separate forums. There might be some heraldry attached to a particular tartan and there might be a tartan associated with a particular coat of arms, but it is all 'if, but and maybe'.

We might as well have kilt pins and fly plaids in one forum. In the end it would be realised that a kilt pin is not a brooch and a fly plaid is not a kilt and like tartans and heraldry, have nothing in common.

Regards

Chas