Is 11 oz tartan a good weight for a kilt?

[Billleigj3]

Will 11 ounce wool wear as good as P/V of the same weight.researching
Pricing. U can get a 11 oz wool kilt for a few more dollars than a P/V.

Thoughts?
pros and cons

[David Thorpe]

16 ounce wool is the best weight for a kilt. Wear is not the issue. Feel and "swing" of the pleats are. Neither P/V nor 11 ounce wool will match 16 ounce wool in that regard.
Dancer's kilts are most often made of 11 ounce wool, but they have different criteria for what works best.
Save your money until you can afford top quality 16 ounce tartan.

[Grizzly]

Agree with David above 11oz is too lightweight for a kilt, it won't hold the creases in the pleats as well as 16oz and you want get the same swish from the pleats due to the lack of weight.

[TheOfficialBren]

I own a P/V and a 16oz wool.

I almost never wear the P/V anymore.

You don't realise the difference until you try both.

My P/V came first. It's a good kilt, true, but seldom worn (I might sell it). The swing is okay. It looks good. The weave is gorgeous and the garment is well made.

I next got 16oz (heavyweight is a term that you may see used to describe 16oz wool). It weighs significantly more than my P/V. The pleats swing well, the garment is well-made, and the weave is gorgeous.

Both are 5-yarders. The wool is in a family tartan and the P/V is in a universal sett.

Make no mistake, I like the P/V kilt. It's a nice kilt. It has its place.

Out of curiosity, what sparked your interest in lightweight wool?

Be aware that the tartan sett size may be significantly smaller with lighter wool than heavy wool depending on several factors.

[Billleigj3]

I do have 2 16 oz 8 yd kilts. And I know that's the way to go.

But for a pub and play kilt that's really my question. P/V comes in 11 oz from what I've seen. So why P/V over wool of the same weight or vise versa.

[ASinclair]

I do have 2 16 oz 8 yd kilts. And I know that's the way to go.

But for a pub and play kilt that's really my question. P/V comes in 11 oz from what I've seen. So why P/V over wool of the same weight or vise versa.

You can mud-wrestle in the P/V kilt and then just toss it in the washing machine. If you get the tartan you want, off the shelf, in P/V and you just want to kick around in it, that's the way to go, I think.

[Grizzly]

P/v unless I am mistaken comes in 12oz, Rocky from USAkilts or Steve from Freedom kilts will confirm, I do not own a PV kilt but I know that from being a member on here that in warmer climes a PV is essential.

[Downunder Kilt]

For a pub kilt I would go with the PV, but only a Marton mills one. The benefits of PV for a pub kilt is that you can put it through the washing machine, which you cannot do with a wool one. Also the Marton Mills PV have a teflon coating which helps with spills. I have found that PV also holds your pleat creases longer that same wight wool. Cheers

[S Mitchell]

I do have 2 16 oz 8 yd kilts. And I know that's the way to go.

But for a pub and play kilt that's really my question. P/V comes in 11 oz from what I've seen. So why P/V over wool of the same weight or vise versa.

I have a USA Kilts casual and I've very much come to appreciate how durable the pleats are and how wrinkle resistant it is plus it's machine washable.

[Riverkilt]

My very first hand sewn wool kilt is an 11 ounce kilt woven by Lochcarron Mills. I wanted the tartan above all else - Macdonald Lord of the Isles. My kiltmaker advised that the fabric was only available in 11 ounce dancers tartan. She reviewed the pros and cons of 11 ounce kilts and I made the decision to go ahead with it. I am so pleased that I did. I see little difference in it at first glance. A person not knowledgeable about kilt weight isn't going to notice. Being a lighter weight used by dancers it does swish more - but that's a good thing sometimes. I love mine and wouldn't hesitate to buy another 11 ounce kilt. I do prefer 16 ounce and then 13 ounce.



And men can dance in 11 ounce kilts too.