New Registered Tartans

[RockyR]

Kelly and I registered some new tartans with the Scottish Tartan Authority and they are FINALLY official! Without further ado... here they are:

Please note: these are ONLY in wool

American Heritage Tartan:


German American Tartan:


German Heritage Tartan:

[RockyR]

Some pics of a FINISHED kilt in the German Heritage tartan (Sent to A_Hay in Germany!):






I also have another kilt (the American Heritage tartan) sent to another member of XMARKS. Once I get the pics of it on him, I'll post them here!

[Dirk Skene]

Those are all very nice I can not decide if I like the American Heritage or the German American best. It's the white stripe that really sets it off on both of them.

[cavscout]

Those look great Rocky.

Is there any significance of the colors used.

I like both of the Heritage tartans the best but all look great.

[RockyR]

They're mostly chosen b/c of the flag colors, but here's the "official" descriptions:

American Heritage Tartan:

This tartan was designed by William C. Roeger III to honor Americans with or without Celtic heritage. It is a private fashion tartan designed for ANYONE to wear, regardless of clan affiliation. The colors red, white and blue were chosen to represent the colors of the American flag. The color black was chosen in remembrance of the brave men and women who have died in defense of our country.

German Heritage Tartan:

This tartan was designed by William C. Roeger III to honor anyone with German heritage. It is a private fashion tartan designed for ANYONE to wear, regardless of clan affiliation or nationality. The colors were chosen to reflect the colors in the German flag.

German American Tartan:

This tartan was designed by William C. Roeger III to honor German Americans and their contributions to American History. It is a private fashion tartan designed for ANYONE to wear, regardless of clan affiliation or nationality. The colors chosen in this tartan represent the flags of both countries, America and Germany.

[Warlock]

Congratulations Rocky! They are Superb! You have really done something there! Three Cheers! HIP-HIP-HUZZAH, HIP-HIP-HUZZAH, HIP-HIP-HUZZAH!:

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[The Wizard of BC]

Simply beautiful!

I have just one question.

Who the heck is this William C. Roeger III? And why is he trying to pass himself off as my friend Rocky?

[RockyR]

WCR3 is my evil twin. He's the one that designs tartans for me to crave and lust after so that I must spend money to register and weave.

The resons behind the tartans... I'm more than 1/2 German and we only had 1 tartan (to my knowledge... the German National). While I had that tartan woven for me and think it's OK, it never really moved me as something "beautiful" or cool in design. I decided that us Germans need some more choices... hence the 2 different designs with darker colors.

The American Heritage tartan... I felt the same way about the "American" tartans that are out there now. The American and the Bicentennial tartans (to me) are OVERPOWERING in the "red white and blue"-ness. I wanted a darker, more somber "American" tartan, so I designed mine with a lot of black as the base and darker reds and blues in it.

Hope this info helps understand the reasoning behind them.

[RockyR]

Also... a BIG thank you to Matt Newsome for letting me know how the registering process works. He laid out the general process of registering so I knew what to expect. He's truly a Scholar and a Gentleman (how many people can you say that about and mean BOTH?).

[A Hay]

I want to publicly thank Rocky for the privilege of being the owner of the First German Heritage kilt. (That's me and my wife, in Germany, in the pictures) All the credit goes to him for designing and making the kilt.

I had contacted him a couple of months ago and he told me by PM that he was getting these fabrics woven. He offered me the opportunity to buy the first one, and I took him up on it. He got the fabric in just before Christmas and I told him there was going to be a New Year's afternoon Reception on base (a military tradition) on 7 January. There would be a lot of German officials there and it would be a chance to build some German-American relations if I had the kilt to wear. Well, he must have started on it Christmas night, because it was ready and in the mail about two days afterwards. It arrived on 5 January and I indeed wore it to the reception. I spoke to many Germans, and several of the Americans, and all were complimentary of the kilt.

I intend to wear it often and take more pictures in authentic German scenarios.

All three of the tartans are great. I chose the German Heritage because I expect to be in Germany another 2-4 years.

Rocky has truly been great to work with. It was hard to keep my mouth shut, but he deserved the right to make the announcement at his own time and I hope all of you with German heritage will support his efforts.

Sincerely,

Tom Hays