As far as clothing goes, it was by no means universal but quite common for jackets and waistcoats to be of tartan, and often of different tartans than that of the belted plaid or philabeg. Having the jacket and waistcoat not be the same color was "in" for the period.
I'm seeing too many beards: the norm for Scottish males at the time was to be clean-shaven, more or less.
Colum's dress dirk in Episode 4 is anachronistic, the handle shape being circa 1800. They pretty much get it right with other dirks I've seen, though. Also, it was common for baskethilt swords of the time to have either a full or partial basket liner of hardened leather to give the hand further protection from sharp points coming at the basket.
You can get a better sense of what I mean about the dirks and swords from this picture of my own broadsword and one of my dirks.
Last edited by Dale Seago; 8th September 14 at 11:39 AM.
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