Quote Originally Posted by The Wizard of BC View Post
I would guess that over the years I have seen about 12 to 14 of the current, machine sewn/hand finished, 16oz wool RRS kilts.

I had three in my shop for many years.

None of them had the white thread you show.

In fact I have never seen that white thread on the selvedge of any kilt quality fabric. The only time I have ever seen it on any Tartan fabric were the few Marton Mills Poly/Rayon fabrics with the fringe edge and on some very light weight, fringe edged fabrics at my local fabric store.
Interesting, thanks. I'm certain this is not a poly material. It is wool, and based on weighing it, it's a solid 16oz nominal weight or better. The bundle is too heavy for my digital scale, but on my analog scale it comes out around 11 pounds. If my math is right, 1000cm x 144cm = 155 square feet. With nominal 16oz material being based on 15 square feet (36in x 60in), this bundle should weigh 10.33 pounds. So it actually is more like 17oz cloth, as near as I can tell from the rounding error on my scale. Everything I observe about the cloth seems good, and should be as suitable as any other heavyweight tartan except for that silly white thread.

It's quite the mystery, though, as figheadair has determined that it's not from Hainsworth. I just hope it's not an Asian-origin counterfeit, although that could explain the ridiculously cheap price.