identification needed

**dutch-kiltlover** · 5th December 10, 07:00 AM

can someone help me identify this tartan.
i saw this one a while ago and i absolutely love it,problem is that i dont know wich tartan it is.

once i know the tartan i am going to order one for myself offcourse i will post a pic when its in

**Riverkilt** · 5th December 10, 10:02 AM

Could send the pic to your kiltmaker - they'd know. Guessing you can't ask the band anymore.

**ForresterModern** · 5th December 10, 11:12 AM

In the first photo it looks a lot like the restricted Holland tartan:

http://www.scotweb.co.uk/tartan?filt...chterm=holland

My best guess since it appears that you are located there.

**Conquest** · 6th December 10, 08:46 AM

The tartan in the first photo is "78th Fraser Highlanders Pipe Band". They commissioned a custom tartan based on the regimental predecessor.

**M. A. C. Newsome** · 6th December 10, 04:49 PM

Originally Posted by Conquest

The tartan in the first photo is "78th Fraser Highlanders Pipe Band". They commissioned a custom tartan based on the regimental predecessor.

I don't think it's 78th Fraser, but your comment did get me looking at the Fraser tartans and I believe there is a very good chance this could be Fraser of Altyre.

**figheadair** · 7th December 10, 01:05 AM

Originally Posted by M. A. C. Newsome

I don't think it's 78th Fraser, but your comment did get me looking at the Fraser tartans and I believe there is a very good chance this could be Fraser of Altyre.

It's similar to Fraser Highlanders (Military) - see #6943 in the Master Db where the notes state:

From Brunetts & Struth (Lochcarron) in Canada who believe it is a modern versions of the 78th Fraser tartan which was sold as kiots to the band by the British Shop in Buffalo or TartanTown in Vancouver.

The difference brtween the two is that #6943 has a red stripe centred on the green whereas it's blue or black in the material in the pictures.

I suspect that this is another attempt/version to reproduce the original 78th sett.

**M. A. C. Newsome** · 7th December 10, 05:46 AM

Originally Posted by figheadair

It's similar to Fraser Highlanders (Military) - see #6943 in the Master Db where the notes state:

From Brunetts & Struth (Lochcarron) in Canada who believe it is a modern versions of the 78th Fraser tartan which was sold as kiots to the band by the British Shop in Buffalo or TartanTown in Vancouver.

The difference brtween the two is that #6943 has a red stripe centred on the green whereas it's blue or black in the material in the pictures.

I suspect that this is another attempt/version to reproduce the original 78th sett.

Very well could be. Now that I look again it is not any of the Fraser of Altyre variants -- there is no red stripe in the green. If it is meant to be the 78th it is a failed attempt. Does anyone know what the band is that is pictured? It would be a simple enough thing to contact them and ask about the tartan.

**beerbecue** · 7th December 10, 09:37 AM

What band is it? Many bands state on their sites what tartan they wear.

oops - need to read whole thread.. Conquest got the idea...

78th Frasers Highlanders - could be their own custom take on the tartan of same name..

**Hothir Ethelnor** · 6th December 10, 09:20 AM

The tartan also appears to be similar to the Lindsay tartan although Lindsay is woven in a shade of dark claret red most often.

**M. A. C. Newsome** · 6th December 10, 09:42 AM

I keep coming back to this thread and I cannot place the tartan. At first I thought it might be either Stewart of Appin or Kerr, but it's not either of those. It looks rather like the Roxburgh tartan without the white stripe.

If the photos were clearer I might be able to help more.