16 oz. or 13 oz.

[mookien]

Richrail: I have two 13 oz. kilts and like them very much. But, I prefer my heavier kilts. They hang, feel, swing, and recover as well, or better, than the former in my experience. I have never had a problem with any of the kilts holding their wrinkles.

I simply lay them on a bed inside-up, when I take them off, leave them overnight, and then hang them on a kilt hanger from "The Kilt Kit". Next time I use them any wrinkles are gone. The tartan cloth was woven either at Lochcarron or Dalgliesh.

I have been tempted to obtain a Stewart Hunting Modern kilt in 18 oz. House of Edgar cloth, but have resisted that temptation to date. I do own a 4-yard Clan MacDonald kilt from tartan woven at Lochcarron and love its heavier weight.

mookien

[MacGumerait]

Richrail: I have two 13 oz. kilts and like them very much. But, I prefer my heavier kilts. They hang, feel, swing, and recover as well, or better, than the former in my experience. I have never had a problem with any of the kilts holding their wrinkles.

I simply lay them on a bed inside-up, when I take them off, leave them overnight, and then hang them on a kilt hanger from "The Kilt Kit". Next time I use them any wrinkles are gone. The tartan cloth was woven either at Lochcarron or Dalgliesh.

I have been tempted to obtain a Stewart Hunting Modern kilt in 18 oz. House of Edgar cloth, but have resisted that temptation to date. I do own a 4-yard Clan MacDonald kilt from tartan woven at Lochcarron and love its heavier weight.

mookien

Richrail ,

A friend of mine owns both a 16 oz kilt from Dalgliesh and a 13 oz kilt from Strathmore . He likes both of them and as " mookien " has said , he notices no difference in relaxing the wrinkles . They both perform quite well . Like yourself , he likes the lighter 13 oz .

As for myself , I like them both , but I have a personal preference for the heavier fabric . Also as mookien stated , I like the hang , feel and swing of the heavier fabric .


mookien ,

To your point about an 18 oz kilt . I have one kilt in an 18 oz fabric and I absolutely love it .

The kilt was ordered in an 8 yd 16 oz tartan " bespoke " ( normal for me ) , however , they asked if I would mind that a heavier weight be used for my particular kilt order ( for the same price ) . Not sure the reason , I assume it was leftover tartan from another larger order .

At any rate , I love the hang , swing and wear of it . I can definitely tell the difference .

If you like the heavier kilts , I don't think you will be disappointed with the 18 oz fabric .

Cheers , Mike

[mookien]

Mike: You wrote ...

"To your point about an 18 oz kilt . I have one kilt in an 18 oz fabric and I absolutely love it . "

and

"If you like the heavier kilts , I don't think you will be disappointed with the 18 oz fabric ."

Shame on you! Tempting me.

I didn't make it clear, but my Clan MacDonald kilt is made from 18 oz. Lochcarron cloth. It's a 4-yard casual from stock cloth I bought from Burnett's and Struth. I'm not sure, but the impression I got was that is was "left-over" cloth from and earlier, larger order. I was thrilled to get it at the same price as 16 oz.

By the way, I own 5 B&S kilts in 4-, 5-, and even 6-yard cloth. They are great kilts for the money. And, perhaps most importantly, I have PLENTY of kilts now, so I don't need a new one! I keep telling myself that, anyway.

John

[McElmurry]

I have also found the 13 oz HOE to be quite resistant to wrinkles and quick to release them. I did a 3 hour test drive in my 8 yard 13 oz HOE jut to see how it would behave and what wrinkles did form fell out by morning.

For a knife pleated kilt I would get the tartan sett size and colorway I wanted and not worry about the difference in weight between 13 and 16 oz.