My new Blackwatch

[Rampant Lion]

I really don't want to rain on anyone's parade, but that is NOT the Black Watch tartan. It appears to be half of the sett, if that makes any sense. This may not be a big deal to you, but as a Grant myself, if I was getting a kilt in the Grant Hunting tartan I'd want it to be THE Grant HuntingBlack Watch tartan.

It's a nice looking kilt nonetheless.

-Will

[Skweres]

I really don't want to rain on anyone's parade, but that is NOT the Black Watch tartan. It appears to be half of the sett, if that makes any sense. This may not be a big deal to you, but as a Grant myself, if I was getting a kilt in the Grant Hunting tartan I'd want it to be THE Grant HuntingBlack Watch tartan.

It's a nice looking kilt nonetheless.

-Will

can you supply a picture of the actual tartan? and describe the differences?

[Panache]

R. L.

I would be interested as well. I have three separate Black Watch Tartan articles (two kilts and a flyplaid) and looking closely at the Stillwater site for a clear picture of the tartan it looks the same as these three. There seem to be a varying range of colors. The colors in the wool of my Black Watch economy kilt from the Celtic Croft are more mmuted and seem to blend in with each other so the black stripe is very difficult to discern while the scottish handsewn one is very bright and distinct. The SWK seems to fall somewhere between in terms of these colors values (but that could also just be my monitor. Also I thought that the size of the sett is always going to be different depending on the weaver. Is this maybe the difference?

Cheers

Panache

[Rampant Lion]

Ok. Here is a picture of the Black Watch tartan from Lochcarron in the Braeriach material.



Notice the blue squares alternate with 2 black lines in the center, then two sets of two black lines at the edges.

Here is the picture of the "Black Watch" Wool Heavyweight Kilt from Stillwater's website



Notice that the blue squarea only have the two black stripes in the center.

[cavscout]

The kilt looks great Mike. According to the tartan shown here

http://www.tartans.scotland.net/read...kwatch.cfm.htm

There does appear to be a difference in the pattern.

I thought you were refering to the blue squares surrounded by green versus the green squares surrounded by blue.