A couple of weeks ago, I went to the AmeriKilt website and chose to purchase the khaki version of their kilt. I had a little bit of trepidation, because, on my monitor, the picture they had for kahki was just a little bit green. None the less, I bought it, and paid via PayPal. $107US, with shipping, which was not bad.

I received the email from PayPal, saying that I'd sent them the money, but nothing from AmeriKilt. A couple of days went by, and still nothing, so I sent them an email, and asked if they'd received the order, and if so, when I could expect it to ship. They replied very quickly, said that it was shipping the next day. (So, considering I ordered on a weekend, this was the third business day after the order -- not too shabby).

I received the kilt, and opened it up. The color portrayed on the website is not accurate, as it's not green at all. (I tried to take some pictures, but the only digital camera I have at the moment is the one on my phone, and they came out quite blurry, and wouldn't tell you anything other than the fact that I have a crappy camera). It is, in fact, the tan color that most of us associate with the word kahki.

The kilt is machine sewn, and the knife edge of the pleats is sewn from top to bottom -- the other edge, the hidden edge inside the pleat, however, is not. The bottom hem was made with a serger (an overlocker, for our friends overseas), using the same thread they used to sew the pleats. It's invisible from more than a couple of feet away, but it's a reasonably open overlock, and I'm concened with it fraying over time.

It comes with a sporran made of the same material as the kilt. There are two d-rings on the front two belt loops, and there are two snap-hooks on the sporran which attach to these loops. I have a minor complaint about this, in that the sporran seems to be made to a single pattern, while the kilts are made in various sizes -- which is to say, I'm a big feller, and the sporran tugs on the apron when I put it together, creating a wrinkle.

After wearing it all day, the pleats in back were really quite wrinkled. I imagine this is a function of the heavy weight cotton material, but I don't really have much experience with kilts to know what to suggest that would be better. There is no tag in the kilt to give care instructions, and the only instruction printed on the invoice was in regards the "aggressive" snap they use, and instructions for not tearing it out of the kilt.

So, grades:
Customer Service: C
Quality of construction: C
Value for the Dollar: B
Overall: B-