Tartan I.D

[macwilkin]

Stillwater has stated they mistakenly called it Hunting Stewart. They now list it as Hunting McLeod.

I thought it looked like the Huntng McLeod, when I first saw it. But I'm not aware of any regiment using that tartan.

As for the buttons, perhaps they are used to attach the top of the kilt to the inside of a doublet. I've heard that being done to keep the undershirt from showing through between the jacket and kilt.

Are you sure about that? The image of the tartan that Southernbreeze first posted just doesn't look like the Macleod of Harris tartan to me, more like the Stewart Hunting.

SB, does this kilt have a label? If so, what does it say? Is there a "broadarrow" marking on it? The broadarrow is how all British government property is marked.

Cheers,

Todd

[Southern Breeze]

Are you sure about that? The image of the tartan that Southernbreeze first posted just doesn't look like the Macleod of Harris tartan to me, more like the Stewart Hunting.

SB, does this kilt have a label? If so, what does it say? Is there a "broadarrow" marking on it? The broadarrow is how all British government property is marked.

Cheers,

Todd

The tartan is,I believe,Stewart Hunting. The red and yellow stripes on the Stillwaters are what I noticed and finally rememberd. Heres a pic of the label.

[macwilkin]

QVS= Queen Victoria School in Perthshire. The Edinburgh Military Tattoo has this to say:

The Highland Dancers & Pipes & Drums of
Queen Victoria School, Dunblane

Bedecked in scarlet tunic and Hunting Stewart kilt,
a thrilling Highland dance display set to the stirring sound of the pipes.

Cheers,

Todd

[HeathBar]

Are you sure about that? The image of the tartan that Southernbreeze first posted just doesn't look like the Macleod of Harris tartan to me, more like the Stewart Hunting.

No, I wasn't really sure at all. I was just going on his earlier remark of seeing it on Stillwater. I guess the same red and yellow stipe caught my eye as well.

This pic is from the website of QVC :
http://www.qvs.org.uk/

[Southern Breeze]

Thanks for the info.The word Boy's and Q.V.S had me puzzled since this is a militery kilt. It looks like this kilt has an interesting past. I have the 2005 dvd of the Edinburgh Militery Tatoo. I'll have to watch it again.

[macwilkin]

Thanks for the info.The word Boy's and Q.V.S had me puzzled since this is a militery kilt. It looks like this kilt has an interesting past. I have the 2005 dvd of the Edinburgh Militery Tatoo. I'll have to watch it again.

That quote from the Tattoo's web site was from the 2001 Tattoo, btw.

The kilt could be from the Queen Victoria School's Cadet Force, as well as the pipe band. "Soldiers of Scotland" says that the QVS is part of the Combined Cadet Force, and that it is affilated with the Black Watch.

Further, according to "Soldiers...", QVS was a sort of military prep school that was formed in the early 20th century by King Edward VII as a memorial to his late mother, Queen Victoria, and all Scottish soldiers who fell in the South African (Boer) War. Orginally only the sons of regular Scottish servicemen could attend; today it is a standard public school.

Why didn't I look there last night? ;)

Cheers,

Todd