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I really like gun club checks. The smallish check pattern looks varied and interesting at the surface but also somewhat simple and uniform at a distance. I think gun check makes a great sport coat for either the "city" or the "country" depending on color, pattern and finish. It also somehow reminds me of my grandfather which is good. This cloth probably says "old man" to me more than any other. Anyway this is an appreciation thread for other fans of the gun club or district checks in general.
I'm sure one of the resident experts can give us more info on these checks, but here's a little blurb about gun clubs from Ben Silver: A Scottish District Check which lost its original name. Like the Shepherd Check but alternating black with red-brown, it was originally The Coigach from the Ullapool area in the west of Scotland. Around 1874 it was adopted by an American shooting club as their livery, and the name changed.
And a more in-depth article about Scottish District Checks from American Fabrics magazine in 1949:
http://www.gypsywearvintage.com/checks.htm
Not sure if these are all technically gun checks or if a gun check has to be brown-red, but here are a few examples I like:
I'm sure one of the resident experts can give us more info on these checks, but here's a little blurb about gun clubs from Ben Silver: A Scottish District Check which lost its original name. Like the Shepherd Check but alternating black with red-brown, it was originally The Coigach from the Ullapool area in the west of Scotland. Around 1874 it was adopted by an American shooting club as their livery, and the name changed.
And a more in-depth article about Scottish District Checks from American Fabrics magazine in 1949:
http://www.gypsywearvintage.com/checks.htm
Not sure if these are all technically gun checks or if a gun check has to be brown-red, but here are a few examples I like:
