Quote Originally Posted by figheadair View Post
Assuming you mean that there is a single pair of tramlines on each blue rather than the alternating 2/4 per the standard 42nd setting then whay you have is Campbell of Argyll per the Smith brothers' 1850 work.

There are said to be a number of Wilsons specimens of 42nd setting with a 2/2 arrangement i.e. a shortened 42nd count and it's possible that that's how this Lamont/Campbell started out although I have to say, I've never actually seen one of either.

It's possible that at some earlier point, assuming that it existed pre-1850, that your sett might have been called Lamont and/or Forbes but at this stage I'll stick to the Smiths' Campbell of Argyll.
Thanks, figheadair, I don't think I was explaining it correctly.

Here is the thread where it came up, and I think there are pictures of the kilts I am talking about still there:

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f...ictures-32248/

This is a link to the post that Matt Newsome explains the half sett part:
http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f...tml#post446039

I am not able to quote it because it is a closed thread, but I am copy and pasting it here.


I've just noticed that SWK's weathered Lamont has the same problem that many have noticed with the Black Watch tartan, as produced by some Pakistani suppliers.
Namely, it's really only half the sett.

The Lamont tartan is based on the Black Watch (it's the Black Watch with a white line added to the green), and so like the Black Watch it should have a
single pair of black stripes alternating with a double pair of black stripes on every other blue field. This one has a single pair of black lines on every
blue, effectively showing only half the sett.

Understand I'm just making an academic comment on the tartan, here, Jamie, not on your outfit! You look smashing, as usual!

Matt
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He explains it better than me.


That's kind of scarey that it is actually the "Smiths' Campbell of Argyll."