Way up in the family tree are two names I know very little about. For me, it's MacLendon. For my wife, it's MacElhannon. (Also spelled MacEllannoon some times.) I have found tartans for neither.

My last name is just a last name. It's something pulled out of a hat because I am a fatherless bastard half breed. So Douglass has no real affiliation of any kind. I am unsure if it would be proper to wear it under those circumstances. To make it clear, I have no problem what so ever being a bastard half breed... I am rather proud of it infact. I just don't know if I feel right wearing a tartan of a family I don't belong to.

Colour wise, I like a lot of the darker tartans. I love the South Carolina print, but, have found nobody who makes kilts from it. Blackwatch is nice. I like solid colours, like black and olive. I am a big fan of basic black. I do not, however, like bright colours. To bloody cheerful. So really bright red tartans with lots of yellows and happy happy feel good colours is out of the question. I am a happy cheerful person... I am not Goth. I am not depressed. I just can not stand bright eye piercing colours. I am a bit like Johnny Cash. Simplicity is key. Good guys wear white, bad guys wear black, **** kickers wear kilts. Quote me.

I plan on wearing a kilt 24/7 once I get one. This is going to be a full time gig. If people don't like it, or have a problem with it, they can go to trouser wearing hell for all I care. I need it basic and simple for knocking around. I need something that can, in a pinch, look dressy. I need it rough and tumble. Not something that will fall apart or come undone in a stiff breeze. My worst fear was accidently getting a "costume" kilt. So I really have done my research.

I am still undecided between Amerikilts, Bear Kilts, and Utilikilts. No offense to other kilt makers, but these folks here really stand out for what "I" like.