The Title of "Master Kiltmaker"

[macwilkin]

I would agree with Ayin-- Masters practice their craft, and help their apprentices learn the "craft" of what they do. Paul Revere was a master silversmith; he didn't run a school in Boston teaching bowl making. The same with Henry Nock. He was a master gun maker, not someone running a school for gunsmiths.

Rather than write to the Lord Lyon or the College of Arms about this fellow's risible attempt at tradesman's arms, I would think that a letter to the Tailor's Guild in London, asking if this fellow is a member of the guild or in some way qualified to present himself to potential customers as a master tailor or master kilt maker, would be more in order. If one could be bothered to ask at all.

The STA should be notified, though, since he is claiming his status comes from them.

T.