R'lyeh Sett Jonesin' Thread...

**fluter** · 26th December 11, 07:57 PM

Originally Posted by Ryan Ross

And Matt's managed to do it again... by which I mean make a kilt that fits perfectly. ... I mean, we have to be talking about differences of much less than 1/8th of an inch, here.

Per pleat, old son, it's less than 1/32nd of an inch. Give the gentleman his due.

Imagine making a kilt with 25 pleats, and each one was off by 1 millimeter... Yup, you'd be off by ONE INCH.

Well done to the maker and the wearer!

**Ryan Ross** · 27th December 11, 12:39 PM

Originally Posted by fluter

Per pleat, old son, it's less than 1/32nd of an inch. Give the gentleman his due.

Imagine making a kilt with 25 pleats, and each one was off by 1 millimeter... Yup, you'd be off by ONE INCH.

Well done to the maker and the wearer!

Note that I never said that the 1/8th inch allowance would be in the pleat section, old bean. The final size of a kilt is, of course, fine tuned when attaching the buckles and straps. Matt seems to work within very tight tollerances, during that procedure.

**CDNSushi** · 20th January 12, 10:32 PM

Woke up this morning to a very dreary, gray, and rainy day... When I checked my e-mail, I found a note from Matt that he was just about to start on my :cthulhusmiley: kilt... 5-yard Kingussie, pleat to the triple purple.

I am therefore now one step closer to being eaten!

Iä! iä! Cthulhu fhtagn!

**Ryan Ross** · 21st January 12, 04:35 PM

Congrats, sir!

It won't be long now... in fact, it may well take longer to ship to Nippon, than it will for Matt to make the thing up.

Will this be the only kilt that should not be, in Asia?

EDIT: Great choice on the five yard kingussie, by the way. I have one of the first like that that Matt did, and I love it... can't wait to see how it looks in the R'lyeh Sett.

**Drac** · 21st January 12, 06:00 PM

Originally Posted by CDNSushi

Woke up this morning to a very dreary, gray, and rainy day... When I checked my e-mail, I found a note from Matt that he was just about to start on my :cthulhusmiley: kilt... 5-yard Kingussie, pleat to the triple purple.

I am therefore now one step closer to being eaten!

Iä! iä! Cthulhu fhtagn!

Congrats. He going to have it done for your visit to this side of the ocean? Would save you a fortune in customs.

Jim

**M. A. C. Newsome** · 22nd January 12, 02:32 PM

A Kingussie pleated kilt, with the pleats pinned up and ready to be sewn...

(I'm about 1/3 finished sewing the pleats in at present).

**piperdbh** · 22nd January 12, 02:42 PM

Matt, am I just looking crooked or do those pleats all face the same direction? I thought a Kingussie's pleats faced opposite each other depending on which side of the central box-pleat they lie.

**M. A. C. Newsome** · 22nd January 12, 02:59 PM

Originally Posted by piperdbh

Matt, am I just looking crooked or do those pleats all face the same direction? I thought a Kingussie's pleats faced opposite each other depending on which side of the central box-pleat they lie.

They will before I am done. :-)

**CDNSushi** · 24th January 12, 04:30 AM

:cthulhusmiley::cthulhusmiley::cthulhusmiley:
:cthulhusmiley::cthulhusmiley:
:cthulhusmiley:

w00t!

As for customs... I'm not so worried. I've received literally hundreds of shipments here in Japan, and have had to pay such fees maybe only once ever. I don't think the Japanese authorities care so much about personal items like this.