The end of traditional tartan - a personal view

[Calgacus]

I'm a little saddened that this thread received such little interest.

I was dismayed when I found out (not so long ago) that this was the case, and if and when I do eventually get another kilt I will most certainly want it to have a true selvedge. In fact, it sounds like I'd better get a move on or I will be too late.

It seems to me that too few people are interested in quality and tradition and the internet does not help the situation because so many items are bought without having been seen or touched 'in the flesh' first. Price becomes the dominant force and so the downward spiral begins.

Personally, I don't need ten kilts, I need one, or at most two. I don't need ten belts, I need one. I don't need ten sporrans, I need two or three. I save up and I buy the best, or at least try to, and take great pleasure in the look, feel, and durability of the quality products that I buy.

My last kilt, now too small for me, has a true selvedge, from the days not so long ago when that was just what you got. My current kilt has a tuck selvedge, unfortunately. My next kilt will have a true selvedge, if at all possible.

But, you might say, my current kilt is a high quality 16oz wool kilt, what's wrong with that? Well so it is, but if you look at the pictures I have posted elsewhere on this forum you can actually see the tuck selvedge, and that to me isn't good enough. I'd rather be able to see a herringbone selvedge instead.

Hmm, maybe a hand weaver is the way to go...