Stillwater, how heavy is there heavyweight?

[Zardoz]

Oddly enough, I have weighed my Stillwater heavy Leatherneck (I was curious what the effect would be if I weighed in at Weightwatchers in the SWK heavy instead of my usual USAK casual. The SWK weighs about 3.5 pounds. For reference, the USAK casual weighs about 1.8 pounds. Of course the casual doesn't have straps or buckles.

OK, I can add "weighing my clothes" to the list of stuff I never thought I'd do!

I got my wife's food scale, don't know how accurate it is, and weighed one of my USA Semi-trads, which I know has about 5.8 yards of PV, and a 23.5 inch length. it came out to 2 pounds 3 ounces (350zs) . So some simple math; 35ozs / 5.8 yards = 6ozs per yard for the 23.5 inch wide fabric, this is with the seams, straps, buckles etc.. since fabric weights are figured on the full width if the bolt, the PV is about 11 -12 oz.

And then I weighed my SWK Saffron, which also has about 5.8 yards of fabric*, and a 24 inch length. It came out to 2 pounds 9 ounces (41ozs). So... 41ozs / 5.8 yards = 7oz per yard, or 13-14oz full width .

*(Note; the SWK solids have shallower pleats, and less yardage than their tartan kilts, my SWK Standard Nightstalker has about 7 yards in it)