Somebody had to do it....

**Tartan Hiker** · 26th March 06, 07:28 PM

I bet more than several of you have seen this:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=8395671201

Well, after several emails with the seller, all of which were very positive, I decided to go ahead and take a leap of faith. Yes, yes, I know. You get what you pay for, but I need some kilts that I can get rough with without fretting about how much they cost.

I'll post a review here after it arrives.

**The Supreme Canuck** · 26th March 06, 07:34 PM

Wait, is the basting thread still in it?

**Tartan Hiker** · 26th March 06, 08:41 PM

yes...and he's got 300 of them!

**UmAnOnion** · 26th March 06, 09:07 PM

hhhmmmmm.... this guys mailing address is a short subway ride from my office in NYC.... and the price shown are very very good.... maybe i should make a little exploration trip to see what he has to offer first hand.....

**Iolaus** · 26th March 06, 09:31 PM

Originally Posted by UmAnOnion

hhhmmmmm.... this guys mailing address is a short subway ride from my office in NYC.... and the price shown are very very good.... maybe i should make a little exploration trip to see what he has to offer first hand.....

It's not mentioned in the copy, but He also has a decent looking Cameron. If you do go, I'd be intersted in seeing which MacLean tartan he has.

...and are the aprons tapered? You can just barely tell on the MacDonald kilts that they do, what about the others?

billmcc · 26th March 06, 11:10 PM

It doesn't state the length of the Black Watch version, but the other two tartans have a length of 27 inches. There is a comment about hemming the kilt. I wonder if having the bottom edge of the kilt serged would look ok for very casual use.

**Kilted KT** · 26th March 06, 09:12 PM

at $58 each, you can easily get one or two, and take them in the woods to beat the ^#$%^# out of them, and not even worry, as your nice kilts are safe and sound.

best off, should these things be of any quality at all, you can get three or four for the price of one UK!

hmm...I need a hiking kilt or two...

I sense some jonesing coming on...

Pelase keep us updated.

**Riverkilt** · 1st April 06, 08:19 PM

Hmmm, now I'm curious...an Ottawa Indian tartan??? :confused:

I graduated from Ottawa University, owned by the Ottawa Tribe.

Don't belong to ebay, or ever want to, so emailed through their website to see what that tartan looks like and how they size things.

Don't know if they'll sell to me outside of ebay.

I get so much ridiculous, phony, ebay spam already, and I'm not even a member, can't imagine how bad it would be if I signed up.

But, we'll see.

The 27" length is even wilder than the SWK 24"....I'm a 22 1/2 max. So no matter how cheap don't know what the point would be of buying a kilt that long and trying to find someone to shorten it without screwing it up.

Thanks for the heads up though.

Ron

**Hamish** · 2nd April 06, 04:45 AM

Originally Posted by Riverkilt

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Don't belong to ebay, or ever want to. ................................ Ron

And here's me thinking I was the only one, Ron! I did try registering once, but they did not want to know me! Besides, it seems massively complicated to me.

I guess I am old fashioned enough still to prefer dealing with people I can get to know, and to seeing what I'm buying before entering into a contract!

That's yet another facet to life that we share then, Ron ...... Bro!!