Trying to be sure of Grampa's tartan

[raibeart_dubh]

Campbell of Cawdor (also known as the Argyle/Argyll District tartan) has a blue line, not a white one.

T.

That's exactly what I was thinking after consulting one of my tartan books. Then I found a sample online where it looked like a white stripe. It definitely had me confused.

[English Bloke]

... but to suggest that Seaforth is a variant of MacKenzie is really putting the cart before the horse!...

...Based on the photograph the gentleman either bought a kilt at the Leith Army Stores for a fiver, or served in the Seaforths and continued to wear his kilt after leaving the army...

I agree with all of that. I don't suggest the Seaforth Sett has always been a variant; but that it is now. The Regiment no longer exists so there is no horse, only the cart remains. The sett continues through the claim the Mackenzies have on it. It was Seaforth Highlanders without dispute but it's now Mackenzie Modern Seaforth Sett. It's developed.

As to how the gentleman aquired the kilt. Yes either of those two reasons are plausible!

Anyway. I'm only 'avvin' a bit laugh and a dangle here and I'm probably out of my depth. What do I know, I'm English ... I'll creep back in the corner now and shut-up.

[macwilkin]

I agree with all of that. I don't suggest the Seaforth Sett has always been a variant; but that it is now. The Regiment no longer exists so there is no horse, only the cart remains. The sett continues through the claim the Mackenzies have on it. It was Seaforth Highlanders without dispute but it's now Mackenzie Modern Seaforth Sett. It's developed.

As to how the gentleman aquired the kilt. Yes either of those two reasons are plausible!

Anyway. I'm only 'avvin' a bit laugh and a dangle here and I'm probably out of my depth. What do I know, I'm English ... I'll creep back in the corner now and shut-up.

As long as an "auld Seaforth" lives, then the regiment will live on. The tartan will always be Mackenzie of Seaforth.

T.

[Tartan Hiker]

Now I have to figure out why he was wearing that tartan

Perhaps he lost a bet?? Or perhaps he won a bet!

Either way, he seems very pleased.