Our stock tartans are tartans we have actually in house. Meaning there is no delay in waiting for the tartan to come in. Usually 1-2 weeks if in stock with the mill.

We refer to readily available (common) tartans as standard tartans and select refers to rare tartans. Rare tartans are just that, they are not commonly weaved so therefore they are charged more. Mills have minimums to weave tartans and unless there is enough demand they will not regularly weave them. Each mill has different minimums and a list of common tartans.

A tartan like black watch is costs less as it is more common then say Bowie Ancient.

For our casual kilts on sale we refer to these tartans as stock tartans. As we have these in our workroom ready to be made into a kilt. Some of these tartans are rare, some are even special weave and some are standard select.

Hope this clarifies what Burnett's & Struth means when they say stock tartans.