Tartan ID please

[ELY]

As some of you may know, we have ordered two kilts in this tartan, for our wedding. One for the groom, one to make my sash, his flashes and other bits n bobs.
We wanted the Royal Air Force tartan, but sadly, can't afford it. This is one that is pretty close, but not exact.
It is an econo-kilt.
Is it just a non-denominational, fashion tartan? Or is it identifiable?
Should we just call it our wedding tartan, to whomever asks, and be done with it?


For reference, this is the RAF tartan:

[Taskr]

It appears to be the Oklahoma State Tartan

Something close in colours is not entirely the same since tartan is defined by the sett and not the colours - the sett being the threads counts that make the tartan 'pattern'. Presuming the RAF tartan is significant, something close won't be. You may be better off finding a tartan that holds some significance for another reason or choose one of the tartans known as "universal". There is a thread on those here >> http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f...tartans-41730/

[ELY]

It appears to be the Oklahoma State Tartan

Wonderful....not!

Oh well, those coming to the wedding won't know, so wedding tartan it is!! lol

Thanks!!

[ELY]

Something close in colours is not entirely the same since tartan is defined by the sett and not the colours - the sett being the threads counts that make the tartan 'pattern'.

Yep! I learned that AFTER ordering the kilts, AFTER joining the forum and AFTER reading, reading, reading... that'll teach me...

Oh well! It is a beautiful tartan, so we will have to make do. Unless we can afford the real thing before the wedding...

[SunriseEarth]

It appears to be the Oklahoma State Tartan

Looks like it: https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/ta...tails?ref=4820

[The Q]

The cheapest I know of for an RAF tartan Kilt is about £400. That's with Scotsweb.

Note, you have to search for Royal Air Force not RAF.

I note on their XMarks it says 10% of for XMTS members, If that applies to Kilts I don't know..if it does that would bring it down to £360, I believe they will supply cloth for you to make bits and pieces from.

(The Letter stating My RAF pension has started arrived yesterday, so the first 2 or 3 the payments will be going towards an RAF kilt. I'm just trying to decide Whether to go to Scotsweb or Mactartans the orginal licencee )

[kingandrew]

I would think the Scotweb discount wouldn't be much of an offer if it didn't include kilts. I do know that when I got my Scotweb kilt several years ago, they did give me a discount for being a member of another kilt forum. So I would expect the same would apply to X Marks members.

And both tartans look great. And I can think of few more meaningful connections than "it's my wedding tartan."

Andrew

[Jock Scot]

If you look at the Scotweb advert near the top of the page here, it says clearly that there is a 10% discount offered by them to Xmarks members.

[lschwartz]

It is an econo-kilt...

ELY, this may just be informational, or it might be bad news, but if you ordered an econo-kilt you might want to confirm what fabric it is made from. It may be acrylic or polyester-vicose (PV) rather than real wool. If you want wool, you may need to change your order.

Larry

[ELY]

It is acrylic, but I knew that. First kilt, and all that. I wanted to make sure we got one for the price we can afford, with all the matching bits (hence the two purchased) In the coming months I will be scouring the second hand sites, and should one in the right tartan pop up, I will snag it!! But this is a 'security blanket'.
I am also looking in the local fabric shops, should the right wool tartan show up. If I get the fabric, the cheap kilt will be used as pattern.
When the budget is as frugal as ours, you gotta be especially flexible.

Thanks for the heads up!