And one design really stuck: a simple red-and-black-checkered plaid. Of course, in order for Paul Bunyan types to know what to ask for at their local mercantile, it needed a name. Turns out, the ...

During the Civil War, Woolrich supplied the Union army with blankets ... down-home moniker of buffalo check. And some claim that the red-and-black plaid was the Rob Roy tartan, dating back ...

Tim Walz, a notorious wearer of red and black plaid (Batchelder said Walz’s favorite jacket is not quite buffalo check, and perhaps only half-joked that he’s heartbroken it was made by Filson ...

By the original Scottish definition, a "plaid" was a Celtic kilt or blanket which ... when they originated Buffalo plaid in the 1850s. Buffalo plaid's distinctive red and black checkered pattern ...

But what do you call that striped pattern featuring red and black often on plaid: buffalo check or lumberjack? According to the Scottish Tartans Authority, the pattern is "plaid with large blocks ...

plain black and red with a stylish back yoke flap. Both are unquilted. This kind of wide, fuzzy check is known for some reason as buffalo plaid, which makes it seem even more manly. There is ...