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19th February 07, 11:10 AM
#1
Yeah w2f, what he said.
Be well,
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17th February 07, 08:35 PM
#2
Tartan top for the convertable there MacWage?
Something for the wife?
TREWS!
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18th February 07, 11:16 AM
#3
I'm in on this order too! Unfortunately I'm gonna have to wait until I accumulate more funds to have it made into a kilt.
Why did I order it? Well, some of you may remember me posting about whether I should even have a tartan kilt awhile back. Most of your responses were very positive. So the way I figure it, If I'm prolly only gonna have one tartan kilt in my lifetime it might as well be xmarks.
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18th February 07, 11:29 AM
#4
 Originally Posted by cloves
...So the way I figure it, If I'm prolly only gonna have one tartan kilt in my lifetime it might as well be xmarks.
Glad to share this clan with you cloves!
Cheers
-See it there, a white plume
Over the battle - A diamond in the ash
Of the ultimate combustion-My panache
Edmond Rostand
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18th February 07, 01:13 PM
#5
Thanks Panache, I really appreciate it.
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18th February 07, 03:32 PM
#6
It'll be quite some time before I see my X-Marks tartan, cuz I'm having Steve ship my 2-meters directly to Matt to be made into one of his fine box-pleat kilts.
Since I've got 9 kilts to wear right now (not all at the same time), I'm not jonesing too badly. As long as I have the X-Marks kilt in time for my October trip to Scotland, I'll be satisfied.
It's a good thing this X-Marks tartan became available when it did, though, or I would've spent that money on a kilt in the American Express tartan. I've worked there for over 13 years, so I figure I've earned the right to wear it & actually, I think it's a pretty nice looking tartan. (And no, the tartan isn't made up of alternating pictures of Amex green, gold, platinum & black cards! ) Here's what the Amex tartan looks like. I'll probably still get one, later...

...and then I'll probably get a kilt in the Moffat Clan or Highland Granite tartan, & then...
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Happiness? I'd settle for being less annoyed!!!
"I used to be disgusted; now I try to be amused." - Declan MacManus
Member of the Clan Donnachaidh Society
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18th February 07, 07:47 PM
#7
I'm having Matt make a 5 yard knife pleated kilt from the X-Marks tartan I ordered...I currently have a 4 yard box pleat on order (in 16 oz saffron) which should be ready in a few months. So now I'm jonesing for 2 kilts!
Tom
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19th February 07, 08:06 PM
#8
I ordered 7 meters, going to sit on most it for just a little while though. I have "irons in the fire" so to speak. I am in line for one of Barbs pieces of art in Ancient Grant and I am just about to pull the trigger on a Matt Newsome box pleat in the 13 oz Grant tartan from Strathmore in reproduction of late 18th century coloration. Kind of a period kilt, colors to match the era of the box pleat. Definately a unique twist that Matt suggested.
Any way, Plans are for 2.5 yards of the XMarks clan tartan will go to Matt for a box pleat and the rest will eventually go towards possibly a knife pleat trad. or a military box pleated ( does the mil box pleat require more yardage?) at a later date. No rush on that though. Will have enough Jonesing to keep me on pins and needles for a few months while these first three get done.
Like Panache said, "I am Jonesing but I am happy!!!"
:mrgreen:
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20th February 07, 10:46 AM
#9
 Originally Posted by Warhoover
... possibly a knife pleat trad. or a military box pleated ( does the mil box pleat require more yardage?)...
Short answer: No, the yardage requirement is the same as any other pleat-to-stripe.
Longer answer: Military box pleats are generally constructed at one per sett. The tartans usually used by the military are 18 to 22 oz and have fairly large setts, so the pleat depth is good. Smaller setts on lighter fabric would produce shallower depths.
The sett of the XMarks tartan (14 oz, run #2) was about 6 7/8 inches, and Steve Ashton is "guessing" this sett (16 oz, run #3) at 7 1/8 inches. This is smaller than the 8-9-10-inch setts of the tartans usually pleated in mil-box.
With knife pleats and 1-inch reveals, pleat depth would be approx. 3 inches. Turn back the knife edge into 1-inch mil-boxes, and the measured pleat depth drops to 2 inches - sort of. But the expansion of the pleats during movement, and the manner in which they move, is very different than a knife pleat with a 2-inch depth.
I need to do a little more investigation (read: test pleating) to see if a 7-inch sett in 16 oz tartan will be satisfactory.
"Listen Men.... You are no longer bound down to the unmanly dress of the Lowlander." 1782 Repeal.
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20th February 07, 12:00 PM
#10
I got off the phone with Gordon Kirkbright just now and thought I would everyone know that the fabric is on the loom.
Gordon commented that to move the white line off the selvdge edge he had to adjust the thread count slightly and this resulted in the gray line being more defined. He says that in his opinion this is the best looking run of the X Marks Tartan.
Now even I am jonesing.
Steve Ashton
www.freedomkilts.com
Skype (webcam enabled) thewizardofbc
I wear the kilt because: Swish + Swagger = Swoon.
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