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20th February 11, 02:24 PM
#1
Dutch Friendship Kilt Arrived!!
First, thanks to Forrester Modern and his wife who scored the material and let me tag along on their order.
I've coveted this tartan ever since I saw Robert Pel in his.
For me, this tartan honors the many Dutch branches of my family tree.
I think this is my 69th kilt purchase. Material is 16 ounce Strome from Lochcarron Mills.
It was hand sewn by my kiltmaker, Kathy Lare. Her registration # 1387
Finally had a break in the storms with a bit of sun to kilt up and get some pics.
What is SO SAD, is that in the sunlight this is a much more colorful tartan than the digital camera picks up. The tartan is a fashion tarten intended to capture the fall colors of Scotland.
Seeing it directly in the sun it is a riot of tan, burnt orange, olive, navy, and lavender...just beautiful.
Guessing Forrester Modern's for himself and his son will be sewn up shortly...meantime, I think this is only the second Dutch Friendship tartan kilt in North America.
Happy happy happy.
Last edited by Riverkilt; 20th February 11 at 02:31 PM.
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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20th February 11, 02:27 PM
#2
Very nice indeed 
How do you disperse an angry Scottish mob?
Nae bother - just take up a collection.
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20th February 11, 02:28 PM
#3
Handsome kilt there; love seeing the kilt in the Arizona landscape.
"Nice Quilt." - comment on my Kilt by a man behind me in line at Home Depot.
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20th February 11, 03:20 PM
#4
Thats a great looking tartan looks awesome with your surrounding aswell
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20th February 11, 03:42 PM
#5
Ron
Congratulations, I've seen the Dutch Friendship Tartan in person and you are right photos do not do it justice. I'm sure you will love it.
"If the Party could thrust its hand into the past and say this or that even, it never happened—that, surely, was more terrifying than mere torture and death."
- George Orwell, 1984, Book 1, Chapter 3
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20th February 11, 03:56 PM
#6
Very nice. Ron. It makes me think of my own VanVorhees and Vanderbilt lines.
Steve "Jack Daw" McIntyre
"The honour the Sleat carpenter obtained...is still preserved for his decendants." Duncan Ban MacIntyre
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20th February 11, 04:11 PM
#7
What an amazing backdrop for you pictures. Lovely tartan.
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20th February 11, 04:17 PM
#8
That's very nice, Ron!  
I may have to put that on my list, to honour my Van Derpoel, Wynant, Melgerts, Ver Planck, De la Vigne, De Hooges, Barents, Karneels, De Draijere, Post, Mockers, & Joosten lines! 
(Any long lost Dutch cousins out there?  )
T. E. ("TERRY") HOLMES
proud descendant of the McReynolds/MacRanalds of Ulster & Keppoch, Somerled & Robert the Bruce.
"Ah, here comes the Bold Highlander. No arse in his breeks but too proud to tug his forelock..." Rob Roy (1995)
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20th February 11, 04:35 PM
#9
Very nice!
Congratulations Ron, that's a real beauty!!
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20th February 11, 08:22 PM
#10
Very nice tartan. It really blends into the Southwestern environment.
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