Black Watch tartan kilt wearers- question:

**Nighthawk** · 9th October 09, 10:18 PM

Originally Posted by SteveB

That tam should never be worn with the kilt. OUCH! Basically the Kilt Police frown an any tartan above the kilt. I have caught more he(( over my matching tartan neckties.

i now save the tartan ties and tartan flat caps for wear with the business suit... In other words they will probably never get worn as I kilt before I suit.

Slainte

I'm working on an outfit that will send the Kilt Police into seizures... My wife loves my idea, and so does one of this boards kilt makers. I ain't concerned with the KP's. I will wear my tartan ties with my kilts if I please. Also, it's not such a strange concept. There was a time when people would wear as much tartan as possible- I've even seen pictures of people wearing 3 or 4 different at the same time! And I mean paintings from the 18th century.

**Jock Scot** · 10th October 09, 03:51 AM

Originally Posted by Nighthawk

I'm working on an outfit that will send the Kilt Police into seizures... My wife loves my idea, and so does one of this boards kilt makers. I ain't concerned with the KP's. I will wear my tartan ties with my kilts if I please. Also, it's not such a strange concept. There was a time when people would wear as much tartan as possible- I've even seen pictures of people wearing 3 or 4 different at the same time! And I mean paintings from the 18th century.

Wearing many different tartans at the same time does go back a long way, I grant you. I wonder, these pictures that you have seen where this happens, are the people wearing different tartans of the SAME clan, or, are they wearing tartans of DIFFERENT clans? Could you point me in the right direction so that I can study these pictures? I may not have seen them all.

**Frank McGrath** · 14th October 09, 05:24 AM

[QUOTE=Nighthawk;803639]I'm working on an outfit that will send the Kilt Police into seizures...

The kilt police take meds for the seizures. Go ahead. It gives us something to talk about.

Frank

**Nighthawk** · 15th October 09, 11:20 AM

[QUOTE=Frank McGrath;805393]

Originally Posted by Nighthawk

I'm working on an outfit that will send the Kilt Police into seizures...

The kilt police take meds for the seizures. Go ahead. It gives us something to talk about.

Frank

In December, when I get what I'm having made, I'll remember you said that!

Originally Posted by XMTS Kiltmaker

Did someone say "unconventional"? No problem, I have plenty of that material and a good local source. LOL

That snippet is from a PM conversation...

**English Bloke** · 15th October 09, 12:02 PM

Hose: Black, Navy, Bottle green or Lovat Green (not at the same time)
Flashes: Black or Red (Navy would probably work too.) Garter ties would be just as nice as flashes. This would apply for either Hunting Stewart or Black Watch in me 'umble opinion, but what do I know?... I'm a 40 something bloke in a rock band T-shirt.

Pic of Doublewood Dave in Hunting Stewart, Lovat Green hose (House of Cheviot, available from STM I think) and Red/Green Ties.