Re: Finding the Christmas Spirit
Originally Posted by
Highlander31
Jamie, your waistcoat definitely says Christmas.
What tartan is that?
That is the Nicholson muted hunting tartan made by a smaller mill named Batleys. it is a 5 yard wool kilt by Rocky at USA Kilts. I had wanted a Nichol tartan kilt in honor of my wife's clan (she is a Nichol which is listed sometimes as a sept of clan Mcleod of Lewis). I had emailed Rocky about the possibly of getting one in PV. He told me that while he couldn't do poly viscose he was thinking of getting some Nicholson wool tartan for himself in this much less common variant of the tartan. The online swatch looked terrible but Rocky assured me that in person it was gorgeous.
Now Rocky had never steered me wrong and I thought to myself how fun it would be to order a kilt where you didn't know exactly what the tartan looked like. My faith in Rocky was rewarded as the Nicholson muted hunting is probably the most gorgeous tartan kilt I have (of course I have yet to receive my Heatherfield tartan kilt from Barb 
).
The moral of the story is...trust your kiltmaker! They know what they are talking about.
Cheers
Jamie
-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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