wanted: pics of kilts in some rare tartans

[Nighthawk]

MacLeod Hunting ancient:



Not one of the ones on your list, but you asked for pics of rare tartans. MacLeod hunting is common. The hunting/ancient combination is not.

[slohairt]

MacLeod Hunting in Ancient is a great tartan, but it's actually very common. Every mill weaves it.

[Nighthawk]

MacLeod Hunting in Ancient is a great tartan, but it's actually very common. Every mill weaves it.

Oh. I had to specifically request it. It wasn't a special weave or anything, but I don't see it listed in the standard choices very often.


...or maybe I just felt like showing it off...

[OC Richard]

One of the fantastic things about this forum is the enormous variety of kilts that the members have.

I really would love to see photos of some of the following tartans made up into kilts, and especially how they're pleated etc.

Scotland Forever

Strathisla

Spirit of Scotland Ancient

Western Isles

O'Reilly

Lindsay Weathered

Cooper Ancient

Alba Heirloom

thanks so much for any photos you have! Richard

Sorry to resurrect this old thread but I recently came across it and noticed that of the tartans I listed, the Cooper was the only tartan that an XMarker contributed photos of.

Most of the above, I've yet to see made up into a kilt anywhere.

I did come across some photos and I thought that they might be of interest to someone:

Spirit of Scotland, both the Lochcarron swatches of Modern and Ancient I have, and in a kilt:





Strathisla, both in a Strathmore swatch and in an outfit:





Spirit of Bannockburn, both swatch and outfit:





I've discovered, in correspondence with various kilt hire firms in Scotland, that Spirit of Bannockburn is made solely for the kilt hire industry, and it seems that the only way to get a kilt in it is to buy an ex-hire kilt. If I recall correctly, February is when the kilt hire shops have their sales of ex-hire kit. (Not the time I'd normally visit Scotland!)

Not on my list, but another recent Trade Tartan that I've just now noticed being worn quite a bit, Scotland2000 or Scotland 2000, being worn by a pipe band in Scotland:



And the recent Auld Scotland:

[davidlpope]

Not on my list, but another recent Trade Tartan that I've just now noticed being worn quite a bit, Scotland2000 or Scotland 2000, being worn by a pipe band in Scotland:

Deep River Pipes and Drums in the Triad area of North Carolina also wears this tartan. It is a very sharp tartan and stands out (in a good way) during massed bands.


http://www.deepriver.org/

[Kilted-Marine]

Well according to Mark at the frugal corner...only two kilts in this tartan have been made, and one was destroyed. So here it is, fresh out of a box I received today...

The National Defense Tartan

We only had two of these made - 1 was sold to jamie, the other was destroyed... We do have the correct national Defense now.. Jamie suggested calling the original (bad weave) Muted national Defense...lol