Roxburgh Red Reproduction

[Shedlock2000]

Hi All,

I have looked through all the guidelines, and I don't think this post transgresses any of them -- however, if it does, my apologies.

I am thinking of having a kilt made in my district tartan (The Roxburgh Red) for my 40th birthday. I have one in the Roxburgh Red (ancient) from Geoffrey (Tailors), which was made when I was 16 -- but it is getting a bit snug these days.

So, I approached Paul Henry to see if the 'reproduction' palate of the tartan was available from Dalgleish. It looks like this:

It is, but as ever, a 14m doublewide run is much less per meter than a 4m single width run. 14m from Marton Mills is a similar price.

What I am looking for, is whether or not anyone would be interested in clubbing together to buy 14m of 13oz cloth. I will need no more than 6 meters singlewidth for myself, and I have a kinsman who is considering another 4-5meters. If we can get the price down from £700 to £175 ($300) each, that would be great -- we could then divide the material evenly, or make at least 2 x 7m lengths and one 8-9 if a full kilt is wanted. I would be interested to hear from anyone who wanted enough for a vest or a shawl/fly etc.

Anyone who would like a chunk of thus cloth for whatever purpose, please let me know is interested.

Here are the palates in comparison to each other, and one of me in my ancient:

[figheadair]

Have you considered going for the original WoB shades?

[Shedlock2000]

Have you considered going for the original WoB shades?

What're 'WoB' shade, Figheadair? Paul and I are considering selecting the colours ourselves to create an even more 'urban' or 'weathered' look. I fiddled with iPhoto to get this:


It's kinda there, but not really....

[MacRobert's Reply]

WoB = Wilsons of Bannockburn - a family tartan-weaving enterprise which started in the middle of the 18th Century.

[OC Richard]

One of our local pipe bands, Kevin Blandford Memorial, wears Roxburgh in the House Of Edgar "muted" colours. I believe this is a "stock" tartan and can be had for the normal price, in 13oz or 16oz.

These kilts are gorgeous.

Here they are! In this photo the colours are a bit more greyish than they really are.



This photo perhaps shows the HOE "muted" colours more accurately. BTW the piper in the foreground is an award-winning Highland Dancer, and a talented kiltmaker, in addition to being a fine piper.

[HarveyH]

Wilson's colours are lovely but would be rather bold if you were thinking of a more weathered version.

As as for House of Edgar , they only seem to be weaving 13oz as standard these days. I was very lucky to get some 16oz grant muted for a kilt but no longer what HoE are weaving except as an expensive special order in quantity.

[Shedlock2000]

The HoE muted colours are fantastic -- my cousin loves them very much, and was disappointed that I was not looking to have it woven.

I wear the ancient, which is probably more bright (I like the orange instead of the red -- there is a lot of red in kilts, and orange is seen rather less). All that said, I think it is possible that the muted looks better as a dress tartan, perhaps! It is a fairly unusual tartan, I haven't seen much of it about!

Here's a photo of me and a very close friend of mine with my girlfriend in the middle!

Good for dress, but not quite the look I want for daily wear, which is more like this:
https://www.facebook.com/Kiltup4canc...type=3&theater