Question about Regimental Tartans

**longhuntr74** · 26th April 11, 08:06 PM

Acceptable? There's really no rules or tartan police out there. There are a few restricted tartans out there...but if they're restricted, you won't be able to get your hands on them anyways...so don't worry about that.

The tartan of the A&SH is the government sett...more commonly known as the Black Watch Tartan. Black Watch is probably THE most well known and universal tartan worldwide...so if that's what you want to wear, go for it. The fact that, if asked, you can say that you are wearing it in honor of your grandfather's service in the A&SH...well that's just icing on the cake...but you certainly don't need to that fact to defend your choice or right to wear it.

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**figheadair** · 26th April 11, 09:44 PM

An excellent answer.

Originally Posted by longhuntr74

Acceptable? There's really no rules or tartan police out there. There are a few restricted tartans out there...but if they're restricted, you won't be able to get your hands on them anyways...so don't worry about that.

The tartan of the A&SH is the government sett...more commonly known as the Black Watch Tartan. Black Watch is probably THE most well known and universal tartan worldwide...so if that's what you want to wear, go for it. The fact that, if asked, you can say that you are wearing it in honor of your grandfather's service in the A&SH...well that's just icing on the cake...but you certainly don't need to that fact to defend your choice or right to wear it.

Hope that helps. PS...there is a search function along the top bar in the forum. You've asked the same or similar question as about 50% of other new forum members. You may want to search and read some previous responses to get a better appreciation of the general opinions on tartan choice.

**kiltimabar** · 26th April 11, 11:12 PM

Originally Posted by longhuntr74

...The tartan of the A&SH is the government sett...more commonly known as the Black Watch Tartan. Black Watch is probably THE most well known and universal tartan worldwide...so if that's what you want to wear, go for it. The fact that, if asked, you can say that you are wearing it in honor of your grandfather's service in the A&SH...well that's just icing on the cake...but you certainly don't need to that fact to defend your choice or right to wear it.

The government /universal sett, yes, but don't the A&SH use a lighter colored version of this sett? The BW colors are very dark.

**figheadair** · 26th April 11, 11:52 PM

Originally Posted by kiltimabar

The government /universal sett, yes, but don't the A&SH use a lighter colored version of this sett? The BW colors are very dark.

Of course, the A and SH no longer exist but are now part of the Royal Regiment of Scotland (RRS).

The A and SH used to wear a version of the Government sett with a brighter green. Their setting was known as Government No1A as opposed to the Black Watch that used to wear Government No1. All five battalions of the RRS now wear No1A.

In earlier times there never was a shade difference; so for example, the Cockburn Collection c1810 contains 4 samples all the same but named individually as. Sutherland, Campbell of Argyll, Munro Htg and Grant of Grant.