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    Tartan.jpg Here is a piece of our tartan.

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    Quote Originally Posted by terry dresbach View Post
    Tartan.jpg Here is a piece of our tartan.
    In the spirit of Nathan's comments and from an historical perspective, I would have preferred to see at least some traditional type designs and weave. Colours like these could easily have been achieved in the 18th Century but the fashion was for brighter colours and in particular any shade of red (from pink to rust). Almost all tartan of that period was woven in a 2/2 twill as it's structurally stonger. This plain weave wouldn't take nearly as much punishment and certainly wouldn't keep one as warm.

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    Quote Originally Posted by figheadair View Post
    In the spirit of Nathan's comments and from an historical perspective, I would have preferred to see at least some traditional type designs and weave. Colours like these could easily have been achieved in the 18th Century but the fashion was for brighter colours and in particular any shade of red (from pink to rust). Almost all tartan of that period was woven in a 2/2 twill as it's structurally stonger. This plain weave wouldn't take nearly as much punishment and certainly wouldn't keep one as warm.
    Terry, what Peter says here is quite true. Re: Plain vs. twill weave, I have a kilt (the one in my current profile pic, in fact) of Islay Tweed, from the same mill and in the same pattern originally created for Liam Neeson to wear as Rob Roy MacGregor. Superficially it looks very robust, thick, rustic/"earthy", warm -- and I suspect those were considerations in the choice of cloth for Outlander. But this, for me, is one of my "warm to cool" weather kilts, not something I'd want to wear in cold weather. Here's a shot of the pleating with good detail:




    As far as colors and patterns of the time are concerned, here's a frontal shot of another of my kilts. This tartan is referred to as Old Culloden and is one with which Peter is, let's say, intimately familiar. ;)

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    Beautiful! I know those both well, and the first one is one of my favorites. I have gathered quite a few antique tartan books, and they are amazing.

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    BTW, my husband Ron, is now quite an avid kilt wearer. He wears them all the time, and has warm weather (southern California) kilts, and cool weather (Scotland) kilts. Two different animals.

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    I just realized I did not quote the posts I was replying to! It has been awhile since I posted on a forum. Sorry about that. Do my posts make an ounce of sense????

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    Terry,

    I think we can cut you some slack. We can understand that some people have jobs and can't spend all day talking about kilts.

    And by the way, now that Ron is a kiltie, if you ever come back up to Vancouver I would be honored to host both of you at Freedom Kilts and the home of X Marks. Perhaps we could get you both to sign the logbook of our Quaich next to Diana Gabaldon.



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    Quote Originally Posted by Steve Ashton View Post
    Terry,

    I think we can cut you some slack. We can understand that some people have jobs and can't spend all day talking about kilts.

    And by the way, now that Ron is a kiltie, if you ever come back up to Vancouver I would be honored to host both of you at Freedom Kilts and the home of X Marks. Perhaps we could get you both to sign the logbook of our Quaich next to Diana Gabaldon.



    Much better. Yes, absolutely. We love Vancouver, and lived there (in Kits and West Van) for many years. One of our favorite places.

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    Quote Originally Posted by terry dresbach View Post
    I just realized I did not quote the posts I was replying to! It has been awhile since I posted on a forum. Sorry about that. Do my posts make an ounce of sense????
    Haha, don't worry, they made sense to me at least

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    Quote Originally Posted by Calgacus View Post
    Haha, don't worry, they made sense to me at least
    Same here.

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