wanted: pics of kilts in some rare tartans

[OC Richard]

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

I've been struck recently by a huge Jonesing to make my own kilt, and I've been looking at dozens (hundreds?) of photos of tartans on websites, trying to decide what tartan to go with.

Members have been very helpful, for example pointing me towards a photo of an American Heritage kilt pleated to the line, and also kilts in Auld Lang Syne tartan.

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

[Paul]

I have an Auld Lang Syne kilt that currently doesn't fit me due to weight loss, though I love the tartan!

Here's a pic of the front from tartanweb:


and another:


and another:

[Riverkilt]

Check out House of Edgar's line of old and rare tartans. I have their Cameron black and red in a kilt.

[OC Richard]

Check out House of Edgar's line of old and rare tartans. I have their Cameron black and red in a kilt.

cool! can you share a photo of the kilt? thanks!

On Ebay I found kilt photos of these:

Freedom tartan:



Scotland the Brave tartan:

[Riverkilt]

Aye, done.

Cameron Black and Red from House of Edgar's Old and Rare collection. 13 ounce wool, hand sewn.





Since you seem to be open to some new rare tartans...? Here's Macdonald of Kingsburgh - a pre-Culloden tartan. I like it since its from the Trotternish Peninsula of Skye, home of my ancestors. 16 ounce wool from D.C. Dalgliesh, hand sewn.





Hope that helps. What a wonderful quest you're on!

[OC Richard]

Very nice and thanks! I don't think I'd seen either of those tartans done up in a kilt before, and I'd never heard of Cameron Black and Red.

Now I've come across a newer trade tartan called Pride of Scotland and it comes in a bewildering variety of variations.

Here's a model wearing the Pride of Scotland Modern and here's a customer-owned kilt done up in it... it's odd how differently coloured the two are. I'm not sure who actually weaves Pride of Scotland.

[RedLichtie]

Although not a rare tartan - it's freely (although sadly not free) available from the Lochcarron Strome range - I've never seen anyone else wearing this tartan. It gets positive or inquisitive comments whenever I wear it, mostly as the colours are quite unusual I think.

Thomson Ancient Hunting

[OC Richard]

Actually there's a pipe band here in California that wears Hunting Thompson. I've always loved the look of that tartan; it's like nothing else, the interplay between the chocolate brown and mint green. It makes a perfect "band kilt" because it's striking to the eye even at some distance.

Here they are, the Pacific Coast Highlanders:



They sport the Pipe Band look nearly universally popular throughout the 1990's in which everything in the uniform save the kilt is either white or black. This results in a crisp look and allows the tartan's colours to be seen without any interference. I myself would love to see them try mint green shirts.
One thing about their kilts: note that there's a major line which appears just above the selvedge on most of the kilts, something that I think the weaver should have avoided.

Anyhow I did find kilt photos of some other "trade" tartans:

Spirit of Scotland



and Spirit of Bannockburn

[RedLichtie]

Actually there's a pipe band here in California that wears Hunting Thompson. I've always loved the look of that tartan; it's like nothing else, the interplay between the chocolate brown and mint green. It makes a perfect "band kilt" because it's striking to the eye even at some distance.

They sport the Pipe Band look nearly universally popular throughout the 1990's in which everything in the uniform save the kilt is either white or black. This results in a crisp look and allows the tartan's colours to be seen without any interference. I myself would love to see them try mint green shirts.
One thing about their kilts: note that there's a major line which appears just above the selvedge on most of the kilts, something that I think the weaver should have avoided.

Thanks for that - never seen any other kilts in this tartan before. The kilts in the picture you posted must be made from material woven at a different mill from mine (Lochcarron) because the colours are a bit different. The brown in mine is darker and there's certainly no mint green in my kilt - it's more a turquoise blue in mine, there is a thin green stripe between the brown and turquoise though.

Thanks again.

[JamieKerr]

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