Name this Tartan ? and Suggest Others

[IXL]

I guess I'm lucky in that regard. There's only two choices in the Clan Skene Tartan, ancient or modern. Not much of a headache there at all. Of course finding it is another issue all together. Not many of us Skene's around compared to some Clans, and that makes it a little harder to find stuff.

Oh, you genuine Scots get all the breaks!

 

[IXL]

Greetings from a noobie from Ireland.....why not research your family tree and see if there is any scottish blood and then pick your tribal plaid.....royal stewart is the ubiquitous nissan econo of plaids by the way.

I actually do have some Scottish heritage but I don't know how to find out if they had a tartan. I always assumed most didn't.

 

[IXL]

Sloan, I had t look up the word "sept." Just learned something! This just might be a good direction to go.

 

[Sloan1874]

Personally, I'd just go for a pattern that you could see from the moon - Buchanan Ancient or Scrimgeor Ancient - but that's just me...

 

[Meerkat]

hmmm maybe tartans should be accorded the same respect as gang colours.... i mean you wouldnt wear an eton tie if you didnt go to eton.....mine is nice skye blue ..clark.

 

[Sloan1874]

Depends, is it a nice tie? If your family tartan's nice and it matches your jacket, then cool, but I wouldn't be hide bound by it if you don't fancy it. I've got Grant Weathered in my brown LHB, and it looks ace, a far better match than Lamont my family tartan would've.

 

[Edward]

The actual tartan lining in the last photo.

The black and pink one in the final shot is not Black Stewart. I don't know what it is, but this is Black Stewart:

Also, look for sept clan tartans. Sometimes you had a clan that was given the protection of a bigger clan, and were allowed to use their tartan as well.

...and not every family had tartan at all...

I actually do have some Scottish heritage but I don't know how to find out if they had a tartan. I always assumed most didn't.

Many didn't.... and in all honesty so much of it is really a Victorian Anglo-Scottish invention, much like the kilt as we know it today.

 

[Meerkat]

Depends, is it a nice tie? If your family tartan's nice and it matches your jacket, then cool, but I wouldn't be hide bound by it if you don't fancy it. I've got Grant Weathered in my brown LHB, and it looks ace, a far better match than Lamont my family tartan would've.

Nice doesnt cut it when you accidentally wear an old school tie and you are accosted by an old boy...worse than having your tats sandblasted off by a 1% . Look... fly under false colours if you wish but dont be surprised if you end up with a scean dhu in your grallochs....there now I have a new tartan purity website idea......

 

[Sloan1874]

Righty-ho, I'm off to burn my Aeros then...

 

[Meerkat]

Righty-ho, I'm off to burn my Aeros then...

are alexander leathers closer to Bannockburn then lol.....

 

[Sloan1874]

Well, that sale is still on... But, nah, that really would be beyond the pale. I'll just keep picking pretty patterns and worry about the historical niceties later.

 

[Meerkat]

Well, that sale is still on... But, nah, that really would be beyond the pale. I'll just keep picking pretty patterns and worry about the historical niceties later.

As a matter of interest the phrase 'beyond the pale ' is particularly Irish.. meaning that portion of the country that was not under Norman rule but since the selection of colours for plaid seems shrouded as you put it Sloan in Victorian fog...then ar aghaidh leat mar a deirtear. Belstaff had a green plaid in their linings for their waxed cottons and I see that Christian louboutin has become fond of plaids so customising your leather with either an aesthetically pleasing plaid or better still your own clans or sub clan sounds good.

 

[ButteMT61]

You guys are sucking the fun out of these picnic blankets...

 

[Sloan1874]

No, no! I'm saying pick what you like, the brighter the better!

 

[ButteMT61]

lol
That's what my parents parties looked like!

 

[Sloan1874]

Bunny ears included?

 

[IXL]

The black and pink one in the final shot is not Black Stewart. I don't know what it is, but this is Black Stewart:

...and not every family had tartan at all...



Many didn't.... and in all honesty so much of it is really a Victorian Anglo-Scottish invention, much like the kilt as we know it today.

I really like this one. Can one see it from the moon?

 

[ButteMT61]

Bunny ears included?

Yeah, pretty much. lol

 

[Stearmen]

This s hands down my favorite Tartan pattern, as worn by the great one, Sr. Jackie Stewart!

 

[Sloan1874]

I really like this one. Can one see it from the moon?

That's far too sober and tasteful, try again!