Hey Bubba, be proud of the kilts you make!! I still am trying to pluck up the corage to attempt to sew my own.
At the end of the day "tradition" had to start somewhere thius means you could say that the particular way you make your kilts is traditional to you and your family. We have started a tradition in our family this year. My grandpa died late last year and Dad has got his skein dubh (I think thats how you spell it) and is going to put it into a display box and it will be passed down from generation to generation in my family.
When I think of traditional in kilts I think of how the kilt is made. not so much that if its hand or machine sewn, I mean number of pleats, pleat depth, presense of darts, underpleats etc,
To me that is the difference between the traditional style kilt or the contempry.
Cheers to all Andrew