Clearance Sale on Rannoch hose - Orange and Mustard

[Llama]

How large are the calves on that style?

[M. A. C. Newsome]

How large are the calves on that style?

Standard size, which is to say they fit calves up to 16" or 17" circumference just fine.

[mookien]

I just ordered a BRIGHT orange pair. They are guaranteed to rip the orange out of the MacFarlane Hunting and Duncan Ancients. They will also look great this spring with the Blaylock. I'll look like a giant Easter egg!

[creagdhubh]

I just ordered a BRIGHT orange pair. They are guaranteed to rip the orange out of the MacFarlane Hunting and Duncan Ancients. They will also look great this spring with the Blaylock. I'll look like a giant Easter egg!

Tis a nice orange ('ancient' red) indeed! I have a pair of the same colour in the Lewis line.

[M. A. C. Newsome]

A few pictures for comparison. The old color is on the left, and the new is on the right.

From left to right: Orange, Cinnamon, (old) Mustard, New Mustard


Close up: Orange (L) and Cinnamon (R)


Close up: Old Mustard (L) and New Mustard (R)

Larger pics can be seen on my blog:
http://kiltmaker.blogspot.com/2012/1...f-cheviot.html

[mookien]

Is it my imagination or is the cable pattern on last year's Rannoch "finer" than this year's? The new pattern looks a bit coarser - more like the Lewis.

[M. A. C. Newsome]

Is it my imagination or is the cable pattern on last year's Rannoch "finer" than this year's? The new pattern looks a bit coarser - more like the Lewis.

Not your imagination. The cable pattern on the current hose style is a bit larger than previous.

[mookien]

I just received my HofC Rannoch Orange hose and they are exactly as I expected/hoped. The orange color (more precisely, ancient red, as Kyle pointed out) matches perfectly with the orange stripes in the Ancient MacFarlane and Ancient Duncan kilts (Lochcarron Strome cloth).

They are a bit duller and less red than my eyes see in the pictures above. So, now when I want to be matchy-matchy, nothing can stop me.

Also, I really like the more refined cabling in the (now old) Rannoch line, and I saved a few bucs to boot! Thanks, Matt. Now that I have my camera back, I'll post a picture next time I "hitch up".

[creagdhubh]

A few pictures for comparison. The old color is on the left, and the new is on the right.

From left to right: Orange, Cinnamon, (old) Mustard, New Mustard


Close up: Orange (L) and Cinnamon (R)


Close up: Old Mustard (L) and New Mustard (R)

Larger pics can be seen on my blog:
http://kiltmaker.blogspot.com/2012/1...f-cheviot.html

I love the new colours! Matt, do you know if these colours will be available in the Lewis line? It seems House of Cheviot needs to offer more colours, along the lines of the Rannoch, in the Lewis. They used to, but it has been a while.

Cheers,

[M. A. C. Newsome]

Yes, Kyle, they used to offer 18 different colors in Lewis as stock options, which I personally thought was great, but it just got to be uneconomical for them. They have pared that down to 9 different stock colors in the Lewis. But when you consider the colors they also offer in Rannoch, Glenmore, and other lines, it still adds up to quite a wide range of colors.

Of course, if any stockists wants to order a special run of Lewis (or any other style) made in a given color, that can be easily done. I'd be happy to quote anyone interested a minimum order requirement, etc.

Aye,
Matt