To be honest the only time I went in Howies shop i was enquiering for a price on a pipers doublet, the price I was quoted was VERY expensive and an attempt was made to persuade me to buy a SH one (complete with cigarette burn) for a very high price, I did however buy some ex hire cream hose for £2 for muddy funerals etc.

It really is frustrating to see the way the golds/singhes have turned symbols of Highland culture, Tartan, Kilts, Bagpipes etc. into ways of ripping people off.