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3rd March 08, 02:58 PM
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3rd March 08, 03:19 PM
#2
Thanks much! Releived to see the colors are a bit muted and not like out of a crayon box.
Guessing the kilt is pleated to the sett....?
Ron
Ol' Macdonald himself, a proud son of Skye and Cape Breton Island
Lifetime Member Scottish Tartans Authority, Owner Freelanders #4 & 5
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"I'll have a kilt please, a nice hand sewn tartan, 16 ounce Strome. Oh, and a sporran on the side, with a strap please."
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3rd March 08, 03:26 PM
#3
 Originally Posted by Riverkilt
Thanks much! Releived to see the colors are a bit muted and not like out of a crayon box.
Guessing the kilt is pleated to the sett....?
Ron
Yes it is.
I was truly amazed by the tartan after seeing the representations in the books..."horse blanket" came to mind, but you really need either to see it in person, or see a decent picture. I can say that these pictures are pretty close, but do not convey the richness and warmth of this tartan.
Regional Commissioner of Clan Strachan, North Central United States
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3rd March 08, 03:51 PM
#4
That's a great looking tartan.
The piece of Burns Check over the podium reminds me of the old addage "When you buy a Chevy, you see them every where." I placed my order with Matt today for a boxpleated kilt in the Burns Check, and now I see this.
“A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long as you're looking down, you can't see something that's above you.” -C.S. Lewis
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3rd March 08, 04:18 PM
#5
DRAT! The Secret Is Out!
Dress MacMillan tartan is like a fine, peaty, single malt. Because you haven't seen it down at the corner store you are apt to give it a miss. As old tartans go, it is one of those rare and handsome setts that looks horrible in the tartan books, and because there isn't much of it to look at in a swatch book, it rarely seen. BUT, boy does it look great when it is made up into a kilt. These are probably the best photos I've seen of the tartan, and like FEDGUNNER says, they don't really do it justice. The only problem I can see with the photos is that now EVERYBODY will want a kilt in Dress MacMillan...
Looking closely at the photos I recognize the Community of the Tonsured Servant badge, and what looks like either St. Stephen of Tuscany or the Templars worn on a cravat, but I can't identify the second neck badge. If you don't mind telling, what is it?
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3rd March 08, 05:31 PM
#6
Every time I see the thread title I think "Dress! That ain't a dress it's a kilt!"
Nice colors though, very autumnal.
.. the kilt had concealed a blaster strapped to one thigh and a knife to the other. He was aware of the present gentle customs against personal weapons, but he felt naked without them. Such customs were nonsense anyhow, foolishment from old women - there was no such thing as "dangerous weapons," only dangerous people.
--Robert Heinlein in Methuselah's Children
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3rd March 08, 05:33 PM
#7
The gentleman in the picture is Neil Johnson. I believe he said it it is a Templar device
 Originally Posted by MacMillan of Rathdown
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Looking closely at the photos I recognize the Community of the Tonsured Servant badge, and what looks like either St. Stephen of Tuscany or the Templars worn on a cravat, but I can't identify the second neck badge. If you don't mind telling, what is it?
Regional Commissioner of Clan Strachan, North Central United States
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3rd March 08, 08:59 PM
#8
 Originally Posted by Fedgunner
The gentleman in the picture is Neil Johnson. I believe he said it it is a Templar device
Thanks!
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