What color should I get?

[Big Paul]

OK, so now I've got a kilt....


I'm wondering what color belt and sporran to get.. Black or brown..

My kilt is in the Murray of Atholl tartan.



Any suggestions?

[GMan]

They both would look pretty good, the tartan has a little bit of both.

Black would find itself blending in, while the brown would be able to show off the sporran better.

Sorry I cannot be of better help.

[Colin]

Get black to begin with, as it is much easier to match up with. After you have gotten used to the kilt and accessories, look into a nice brown sporran. Personally I wear my brown belt and sporran when I am wearing kilt hose pushed down, and brown boots. I always think of brown as a bit more casual, where as with black it is much easy to get a formal look.

Just my 2 cents

[Raphael]

Although I like my black sporran, but I use my brown one most of the time.

[Hamish]

I think you will find that, no matter what the tartan, both black and brown accessories will 'work' well - but not together, of course!

I have black belts, sporrans, boots and shoes. I also have the same items in brown leather, but the colour choice is usually determined by where I am to wear them. As Colin so rightly says, black tends to be a little more formal than brown.

When I was a lad (I just missed the Dinosaurs!) black was for evening wear, whilst brown was for day wear, along with the tweed jacket which would never be worn after dark!!

[Oh, and I also have both black and brown leather 'bomber' jackets to complete the picture!]

[Graham]

Hamish stole my words

I tend also to wear brown during the day and black at night.

Very nice tartan, looks similar to Stewart Hunting, which I wear most of the time.

[cajunscot]

Time for Todd's Tartan Trivia:

The Murray of Atholl tartan is used by a couple of Scottish Regiments:

The Transvaal Scottish of the South African Defence Force (Pipers wear Murray of Tullibardine – the Marquis of Tullibardine is the son of the Duke of Atholl).

http://www.jocks.co.za/

The Tartans Authority's on-line article about Regimental Tartans lists these units:

Atholl Highlanders
The Pipe Bands of Trinity College, Glenalmond, Scotland.
4th S.A. Infantry (South African Scottish)
Scottish Horse, Pipers (now part of the Scottish yeomanry, or Territorial Reserves)

The Atholl Highlanders are the only private army in the United Kingdom. The following web site has some nice photos of them "in action" at Blair Castle, the ancient seat of the Murrays:

http://www.scenicscotland.net/pitloc...ighlanders.htm

Cheers,

T.

[Casey]

While I tend to agree that one should wear black in for a more formal look, thus evening, I tend to alternate black and brown during the day. I have black and brown boots, belts and coats.

I must admit that I tend to go through fazes of black and brown.

Also I attend very, and I mean very, few functions that would be considered semi-formal, and I have never attended a formal affair. (Just a hillbilly from Saskatoon.)

Casey

[Kiltedmusiclover]

The Atholl Highlanders are the only private army in the United Kingdom. The following web site has some nice photos of them "in action" at Blair Castle, the ancient seat of the Murrays:

Todd,

Blair Castle is a great place to visit while in Scotland. It's a study in Scottish Castles,
weapons, and history.
They have a rifle that is
7 meters long which has only been fired once.
Thinking a longer barrel would equal better
acuracy at a greater distance was their reasoning
for building it.
Friction was left out of the
equation, so the bullet barely made it out of the
barrel.