Here's a better picture of the Saltire kilt, two co-ordinating sporrans, and a very cool chain strap to go with it:




I'm working on getting a price on all of these, as well as other accessories in the range.

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Since we've gotten onto the subject of the Saltire flag's history and colours, here's a story relevant to that:

Legend has it that the Saltire flag has its origins in a battle near Athelstaneford in East Lothian, circa 832 AD, when Angus mac Fergus, King of the Picts, and my ancestor Eochaidh, King of Dalriada (my 41st-great-grandfather), defeated the army of Athelstane, King of Northumbria, comprising Angles and Saxons.

There is a Saltire flying near the church at Athelstaneford with an explanation regarding the origin of the flag's design. Before the battle, the Scot-Pict alliance saw an X-shaped formation of clouds in the sky resembling a St Andrew's cross. (St Andrew was later named the the patron saint of Scotland, with the Declaration of Arbroath.) They took this sign as a good omen, they prayed to St Andrew for divine intervention, and indeed they were victorious in battle. Thus the colours in the flag are supposed to be white, to represent the clouds, and azure, the colour of the sky towards the end of the day. The Scottish Parliament has debated the exact shade of blue this should be and decided on Pantone 300 as the recommended colour -- see http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=210112003.

If you want to see this colour on your computer, the RGB value for Pantone 300 should be 0, 132, 202. The hexadecimal value for html coding of the colour is "#0084CA".

The Saltire was later incorporated in the Union Flag and Union Jack of the United Kingdom, although the colour of blue is different. In those flags it is navy blue which is used. (The Union Jack is the version of the Union Flag used on the jack staff at the front of a ship.) This difference of colour between the Saltire and the Union flags has resulted in some confusion over the correct colour of the Scottish flag -- so insist that you get one which is 'Pantone 300' azure and white if you want to be correct!