Hello members,
I have copied this over from the Great War Forum as I hope
you might have the answers I seek. Has anyone here ever noticed an anomaly in the way RS kilts have been made over the years? Have a look at the images attached. Unlike all the other regiments, the RS seem to have drifted between yellow stripe to centre, red stripe to centre and even the fabric turned to 90 degrees! Look very closely at the pattern. Hunting Stewart is unusual in that:
’the half sett is not reversed to create a symmetrical square. Instead the full sett is simply repeated from right to left across the cloth.’
Which is why it matters which direction the cloth is used. You can’t turn it 90 degrees and have the yellow or red stripes in the same place. With Government Tartan for instance, you can use it in any direction. Bizarre!
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