opinion on a "knockabout" kilt?

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However, I'm not sure why we would assume that Marton Mills is the true and accurate version and anything else must be falsely advertised? Well, actually, I have a suspicion as to why we would, but that's a whole other issue.

Cordially,
Brooke

I have nothing against the people who market those 16 oz "PV" kilts and have products from several of the vendors listed earlier in this thread.

What I'm trying to clarify for Newfoundlander is that the feel of Marton Mills poly viscose and poly viscose kilts made by HoS is different. There has been a fair amount of previous discussion on this board about the difference... perhaps Rocky R and Steve Ashton might be able to clarify it better than I.

And while we're quoting sources, here's two that say acetate and viscose are related but not the same:

"VISCOSE cellulose is treated with caustic soda and carbon bisulphide, converting it into a gold liquid about the color and consistency of honey, called viscose. Viscose is forced through fine holes in end of a nozzle, called a spinnerette, directly into a chemical bath where it hardens into fine strands. When washed and bleached these strands become rayon yarn.

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ACETATE cellulose is combined with acetic acid [refined vinegar] making a substance called cellulose acetate. This is dissolved in acetone, then forced through the holes in a spinnerette directly into a tube. In the tube, warm air evaporates the acetone and the cellulose acetate emerges as dry filaments."

http://www.fabrics.net/miracle-fibers-rayon-and-nylon/

"Viscose (also known as viscose rayon) is a group of fabrics and yarns produced by extruding cellulose solution through holes in a spinneret, then coagulating the resulting filaments in an acid (the viscose process). There are several different sort of viscose fibres made by modifying this process, eg crimped, hollow, high tenacity (stronger).

So viscose rayon is a particular type of cellulose fibre made using the viscose process, and it's also often called just 'viscose' or just 'rayon', because it's the commonest kind of rayon. Other kinds of rayon are cuprammonium rayon and acetate rayon."

http://hiraeth.com/ytg/qanda/answers/rayon.htm