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17th December 15, 01:54 PM
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EBay find!!
WW1Dated Black Watch kilt
I just love the colour this kilt has gone
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3219497074...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
BUT £700!!!
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17th December 15, 06:51 PM
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 Originally Posted by rsvpiper
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I'd lay money on the seller not getting anywhere near the asking price.
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17th December 15, 07:35 PM
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Yep, overpriced but the color is dynamite. Sort of a "Not So Black Watch".
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17th December 15, 11:56 PM
#4
£700 and then they want £8 for postage and they take no responsibility for loss in transit?
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18th December 15, 12:25 AM
#5
Great color , although given that the starting price is GBP 700 ( apprx $ 1,046 ) it will probably end up with no bids .
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1st January 16, 09:11 AM
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That's what weathered Black Watch should look like, not bl***y brown !!!!
I suppose the bid price reflected the age and condition, like a very rare vintage wine or something, but I can't see them getting £700.
The Kilt is my delight !
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2nd January 16, 04:48 AM
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It's interesting to see what extreme fading can do to the colours.
There was a badly faded Seaforth Highlanders kilt on Ebay a few years ago, the colours amazing. I think I saved a pic of it, I'll try to find it.
EDIT: Here it is. It must have been displayed for ages with the top half covered by a jacket or summat. Can you imagine a weaver trying to recreate this look?
Last edited by OC Richard; 2nd January 16 at 04:57 AM.
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3rd January 16, 04:25 AM
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What a great contrast between dark 'modern' colours through 'ancient' colours to the 'weathered' colours, and yes I stand corrected green does turn brown. I just wish that Lochcarron had kept a hint of green (like the middle section of this kilt) in their 'weathered' colour scheme.
The Kilt is my delight !
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3rd January 16, 05:45 AM
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Originally Posted by freddie
green does turn brown.
To check what was going on with that fading I got out the colour-strip from The Setts Of The Scottish Tartans and compared it to the bottom of the faded kilt photo.
What seems to have happened is that the blue and the green remained dark, but the black faded to pale olive-brown.
Get out a colour-strip and check if you see the same thing I'm seeing.
That WWI Black Watch kilt seems to be completely different, and it makes me wonder why.
Last edited by OC Richard; 3rd January 16 at 05:47 AM.
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3rd January 16, 06:23 AM
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Considering his price and terms, not surprising that he got zero bids.
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