Well, I ended up in an interesting discussion last evening.

A gentleman that is involved with helping us get our Emerald Society Pipe and Drum set up locally started a little battle with me over the "Irish National" tartan.

My understanding is that House of Edgar registered this tartan.

He gave me an earful claiming that "Pipers Cove", a pipe/drum supply store in New Jersey, "has the patent" for this tartan, and is suing Stillwater because of its use.

I dismissed him as being full of bunk. The people who always tell me I am wrong about these tartan issues are always using 'Official' or 'Patent' in their descriptions, and that is usually the red flag for me.

I am still pretty new at this, but sometimes I get frustrated when I have to argue in favor of one of the few things I think I do know.

Can anyone shed any more light on this? Is Irish National a HOE tartan, or someone elses? (Please note, I am aware that there is no 'Official' Irish tartan of any kind, from what I have been told...so we can leave out that part of the discussion...LOL)...

Thanks,

KL