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12th June 14, 11:20 AM
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Why not a kilt in this tartan?
Same beautiful colors, similar design, with a family connection...
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12th June 14, 12:00 PM
#2
 Originally Posted by davidlpope
Why not a kilt in this tartan?
Same beautiful colors, similar design, with a family connection...
Ah yes, the Hunting Gow (Smith) tartan in the reproduction colours. Very smart indeed. I have thought of this particular tartan in the past, but Dalgliesh does not offer it as a stock tartan and I'm not so sure that I am willing to spend a small fortune on a custom weave 8-yard kilt, especially when prices continue to increase. Lochcarron carries the Hunting Gow (Smith) tartan in weathered colours in their heavyweight Strome range. It looks quite nice, and I'm sure it's less expensive than Dalgliesh. I don't intend on making any hasty decisions just yet. I'll think all of this over and muddle about for a wee while. 
Cheers David,
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12th June 14, 01:28 PM
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Would you wear the kilt in front of Cluny? If the answer is no, there's your answer...
Natan Easbaig Mac Dhòmhnaill, FSA Scot
Past High Commissioner, Clan Donald Canada
“Yet still the blood is strong, the heart is Highland, And we, in dreams, behold the Hebrides.” - The Canadian Boat Song.
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12th June 14, 04:54 PM
#4
Originally Posted by Nathan
Would you wear the kilt in front of Cluny? If the answer is no, there's your answer...
Definitely, no.
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13th June 14, 12:17 AM
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Oh man! This whole discussion is so 1820s. I'm with the Wizard on this one.
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13th June 14, 04:47 PM
#6
Originally Posted by creagdhubh
I have thought of this particular tartan in the past, but Dalgliesh does not offer it as a stock tartan and I'm not so sure that I am willing to spend a small fortune on a custom weave 8-yard kilt, especially when prices continue to increase. Lochcarron carries the Hunting Gow (Smith) tartan in weathered colours in their heavyweight Strome range. It looks quite nice, and I'm sure it's less expensive than Dalgliesh.
Kyle, not sure we've had the pleasure of conversing before, but as someone who has embarked on the custom weave adventure more than once (or twice!) perhaps I can offer a word.
There is a certain pleasure that comes from owning a truly unique item of kit. Particularly when that item has personal significance. I humbly submit that such an item would see far more use and deliver a pride of ownership that a universal (generic?) kilt could never match.
Perhaps while you continue pondering, you should save an extra few dollars for a custom weave. Perhaps in Wilson's colors...
'A damned ill-conditioned sort of an ape. It had a can of ale at every pot-house on the road, and is reeling drunk. "
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14th June 14, 09:35 AM
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Just ran across this thread. Knowing your commitment to your own clan tartan, this all seems so sudden. Had you said you were looking seriously at the Leatherneck tartan, I would not have been so surprised (there is that "connection" and "commitment" thing again). But, I too question how often you would wear the Hunting Stewart once you possess it...based entirely on your own stated position over the years. Whatever you do, be sure to enjoy it to the fullest.
The Rev. William B. Henry, Jr.
"With Your Shield or On It!"
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14th June 14, 11:03 AM
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One additional point , if I may.
In my opinion, it is well worth waiting for something unique and wonderful. I waited over two years for a custom sgian dubh from Rab Gordon at Rainnea.
No one who has ever seen it would confuse it with the typical hire shop gear.
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'A damned ill-conditioned sort of an ape. It had a can of ale at every pot-house on the road, and is reeling drunk. "
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14th June 14, 04:49 PM
#9
Originally Posted by creagdhubh
I just can't get over how attracted I am to the Hunting Stewart tartan in the reproduction colours from D.C. Dalgliesh (heavyweight stock tartan). Do you think it's perfectly acceptable... to wear a tartan other than his own clan?
We forget that tartans were originally purely decorative, and to love and wear a tartan for its beauty alone is far more aboriginally Highland and Gaelic than the modern notion of 'clan tartans'.
Your ancestors of the pre-proscription days wore any design that struck their fancy, and wouldn't have hesitated to wear a lovely green and brown tartan if they liked the look of it. The idea that a plaid pattern had a name would have seemed kooky, like a person today who named their various trousers or socks. (Now naming one's sword, that's another matter!)
"Wear it!" I say.
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14th June 14, 10:14 PM
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Kyle: Go for it! IMHO, "it's perfectly acceptable for an individual ... to wear a tartan other than his own clan." There's nothing wrong with letting the appeal of a particular tartan override the notion that one can only wear a tiny subset of tartans.
But, as I'm sure you know, I am down somewhere on the other end of the spectrum of loyalty to a particular tartan. To me kilts are clothing, wonderful clothing but clothing nonetheless (PERIOD)
May you enjoy continued happy kilting, whichever path you choose to take.
John
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