Tartan Obligation

[billmcc]

Ron,

Don't buy it if you don't like it.

Get a Maple Leaf tartan kilt to honor your Canadian ancestors. That tartan is a beauty.

[Tattoo Bradley]

Ron,

Don't buy it if you don't like it.

Get a Maple Leaf tartan kilt to honor your Canadian ancestors. That tartan is a beauty.

I'm not usually one to say "hey get this" but I've gotta agree here. The reason being: I remember you mentioning the Maple Leaf as being on your list. Just think of it Ron... Maple Leaf.... 16 oz. Strome.... hahahaha.

Man, I have absolutely no Canadian ties, and even I think it's one of the absolute best tartans made (I even place it over the Isle of Skye tartan in beauty.)

I'm one of those who likes to have a tie with the tartan if I'm going to wear it. I've really fought within myself to have a "Loud MacLeod" kilt made. But, I have no ties what-so-ever to it. So, I've just never been able to do it. But, I also discovered a long line of Barclays some time ago. Guess what? The Barclay dress tartan is just as yellow as the MacLeod

But, I also put some of that thought aside when Matt headed up the Carolina tartan custom 16 oz. run. I've never even stepped foot in either of the Carolinas. In fact, the closest I've ever been was probably the Baltimore airport But, the tartan has always been a favorite. Add that to Matt offering it in "special" colors and I'm pulled in like a "Soccer Mom" at Dillard's. But, I finally "justified" my having a kilt made in that tartan with "well, a whole bunch of my people came to the States via N. Carolina." Did I really have to have the justificaiton? Of course not. But, some of us are just hardheaded and have to rationalize everything. So, I feel your pain.

I stick with my first thought on your matter.... M-A-P-L-E L-E-A-F.

[Dalmore]

I have nothing valuable to add here except X3- the Maple Leaf tartan is gorgeous. Cirthalion (a canadian transplant) in our NY kilt group wears it and I can tell you first hand that it is one of the nicer ones I've seen.

I would probably not buy it for myself as I have no connection to Canada whatsoever ...unless of course you count the girls I've dated from Montreal.

[Wompet]

Ron, I can understand only wanting to have tartans you have connections to. And I can understand not wanting to wear some of those tartans because they don't appeal to you (fortunately, I don't have that problem myself ).
But there's the Maple Leaf, which you've admired before, and you have a connection to. And your connections are stronger than mine (SOKS only, I'm afraid), and I'm making a Maple Leaf kilt.
And you said you wanted a Law Enforcement Officers' Memorial tartan kilt, once Rocky made them available - put the money aside for that.

[The Wizard of BC]

Ron, I have written a new rule just for you.

Thou shalt wear the Tartan of thine fathers name.
Thou shalt wear that Tartan and only that Tartan.
For you are a product of the blood of your father and fathers before him. Your father's Tartan shall be worn only as long as you can trace his lineage through sixteen generations of which ten must have been residents of the ancestral lands and in possession of the family arms as granted by Royal Decree.
Your fathers Tartan must be able to be proven to have been designed and registered prior to the arrival of Saint Andrew.
If no such proof of lineage and antiquity exists thou shalt be restriced from wearing your father's Tartan.
In the case of you being denied the wearing of your father's Tartan you will be required to restrict your Choice of Tartans only to those of plebeian and modern design (after 4:00pm 18 November 1124).

[Bugbear]

Good luck, Ron...

[ccga3359]

Ron, I agree with Todd that the Nova Scotia is, IMO, the most beauiful of the provincial tartans. There is also a Nova Scotia Dress (STA# 973). Another option is to have an Acadian tartan designed and woven.

[macwilkin]

Ron, I agree with Todd that the Nova Scotia is, IMO, the most beauiful of the provincial tartans. There is also a Nova Scotia Dress (STA# 973). Another option is to have an Acadian tartan designed and woven.

Acadians/Cajuns (at least the two I know) have adopted either the Nova Scotia or the Louisiana tartan.

T.