Another protectionist kilt article from "The Scotsman"

[Jock Scot]

Nighthawk.

OK I suppose if we were a couple of legal types we could be earning monstrous fees over this! We aren't. Neither can I speak for any kilt maker, but as I see it.

Kilt makers such as Matt or Barb. Tewkesbury do make genuine kilts they just do not make genuine Scottish kilts and as far as I am aware, they have never claimed to have done so and without, I hope, being presumptuous or impertinent they appear to have no trouble finding customers who can see quality when it is in front of them and are not the least bit worried that the kilt is made in the USA,France, England or anywhere else in this world outwith Scotland. In fact the customers are so happy with the product that they put in repeat orders and why not?

Others from outwith Scotland and maybe within Scotland too, make/sell or both, some skirt type thing, of dubious provenance, that unfortunately claim to be kilts, simply because there is a lack of the correct definition and description for them. However, skilled traditional kilt makers from around the world have nothing to fear with their genuine kilts. Just like whisky producers outwith Scotland have nothing to fear with their products as long as the labeling is correct.