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29th September 08, 06:36 AM
#1
What colour flashes to wear with maple leaf tartan
I am waiting on my maple leaf tartan kilt comoming from Pete at Canadian casual kilts sometime this week. I bought a pair of claret coloured hose from Cairncorm in Toronto, so what is the best coloured flashes to wear. I have a pair of red Gordon Highlander ones but they don't look right, any sugestions from some of the many who own a maple leaf kilt.
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29th September 08, 06:54 AM
#2
Ummm....matching maple leaf tartan flashes from Pete....
Ron
Ol' Macdonald himself, a proud son of Skye and Cape Breton Island
Lifetime Member STA. Two time winner of Utilikiltarian of the Month.
"I'll have a kilt please, a nice hand sewn tartan, 16 ounce Strome. Oh, and a sporran on the side, with a strap please."
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29th September 08, 07:08 AM
#3
First choice... Take Ron's advice. If you prefer/have solid flashes, you could wear red, black, or brownish-gold. Just pick one of the predominate colors from the tartan and pick a separate color for your hose. I think red flashes with brown hose would look sharp.
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29th September 08, 07:10 AM
#4
Goes to show how much I was over thinking this whole thing. I was out matching up the tartan to your hose and possible flash colors. Too early for me...yeah that's it...too early.
I have always tempered my killing with respect for the game pursued. I see the animal not only as a target but as a living creature with more freedom than I will ever have. I take that life if I can, with regret as well as joy, and with the sure knowledge that nature's ways of fang and claw or exposure and starvation are a far crueler fate than I bestow. - Fred Bear
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29th September 08, 07:15 AM
#5
For solids...
If you can, get a couple of pairs (different colors, of course) in the shades georgeblack7 suggestes; that way you can mix and match depending on the rest of your outfit (hose, shirt, etc.).
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29th September 08, 07:27 AM
#6
I wear both a yellow pair of garter ties, and a red pair with mine, however it will come with matching flashes from Pete, mine did and I have worn it with those too.
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29th September 08, 01:48 PM
#7
I'd go with matching flashes, and solid color hose that pick up one of the tartan colors.
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29th September 08, 02:02 PM
#8
Here are a few photos to illustrate the different flashes/garter ties
Matching

Red

Yellow
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29th September 08, 03:12 PM
#9
When I got my Maple Leaf from Pete it came with flashes in the same tartan.
[B][COLOR="Red"][SIZE="1"]Reverend Earl Trefor the Sublunary of Kesslington under Ox, Venerable Lord Trefor the Unhyphenated of Much Bottom, Sir Trefor the Corpulent of Leighton in the Bucket, Viscount Mcclef the Portable of Kirkby Overblow.
Cymru, Yr Alban, Iwerddon, Cernyw, Ynys Manau a Lydaw am byth! Yng Nghiltiau Ynghyd!
(Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Cornwall, Isle of Man and Brittany forever - united in the Kilts!)[/SIZE][/COLOR][/B]
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29th September 08, 04:56 PM
#10
Definately the Maple Leaf tartan flashes!! They look the best, IMHO
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