Canada Kilt

[bear]

Last night at Kilts Night, I met David from Canada Kilt.
David is a very nice fellow. Have a look at his kilts.
http://canadakilt.com/

[highlandtide]

Cool. Tell him to come check out the site!

[Blu (Ontario)]

The pictures look pretty good. How did he handle the selvedge issue?

blu

[Rufus]

Bear,

Any idea what his kilts are made of? I didn't see it anywhere on his site.

[Graham]

My thoughts exactly Rufus, the site mentioned a "man made" material, fair enough, but it would be nice to know what exactly.

Not, having a dig at any site in particular, but I do respect a website that gives all the necessary info about the kilts they make, price, material, yardage etc.
(your site, Bear, excells in that regard)

Us poor lads who have to order from the other side of the world like that sorta thing, it saves a rude shock when the kilt arrives.

Other than that, Canadakilt seems a good kilt site.

[phil h]

Bear,

Any idea what his kilts are made of? I didn't see it anywhere on his site.

that was my question too.plus would be nice to get some prices for the sporrans

[Colin]

email them at david@canadakilts.com

As Bear said, David was out at Kilts night and from what I saw these are nice kilts. They have the look of a traditional wool kilt but they are made out of ??? (he told me but I forgot). I believe the accessories were fairly affordable.

[bubba]

I'd guess they're poly/vis or acetate

[Colin]

I know they are not poly/viscose

[bear]

I asked David for some details and he said:
On a more serious note... the bottoms of my kilts are all selvedged. The only fringe is along the vertical edge of the top apron as in all "regulation" kilts. In fact the CanadaKilt garments are all pretty much "regulation" with three leather straps and buckles, three belt loops etc. with the exception that they are not wool. We use 100% acrylic which means they are machine washable and mothproof.

I have made one change to the regulation design however, and that is that I offer a WA version at no extra charge. WA stands for Wide Adjustment. The WA kilts have straps that are twice as long (8 holes, spaced at 3/4 inch, rather than the normal 4). This allows for twice the future expansion in case of the inevitable widening of the waist as time goes bye. The first hole gives you the nominal kilt waist size. The last hole gives nominal size plus 6 inches. One useful result of this innovation for retailers is that they need fewer stock sizes to cover a wider range of walk-in customers. For example the smallest kilt could cover waist 30" to 36". The next size up 36" to 42". Then 42" to 48". Finally 48" to 54". If the customer doesn't need the extra length and expects to remain the same size for the life of the kilt, he can easily cut off the extra with a pair of scissors.

Our kilt waist belts also have WA versions with 14 adjustment holes, double the normal range.


Hope that answers some questions.