X Marks Tartan order update

[Riverkilt]

You mean the number....?

Probably should mail you the whole card...

Ron

[The Wizard of BC]

Yes, Ron, send me the whole card. ;) That thing has bought so many kilts in the last year I figure it must have some kind of magic in it.

[The Wizard of BC]

Ron, (Riverkilt) just sent me his order for 4 meters.
That brings us to 23 meters. One more order and we're in.

I'm awaiting for a call back from Gordon Kirkbright to place the go-ahead order.

[Riverkilt]

Just in case it might help put us over the top...

Kathy Lare at Kathy's Kilts in Albuquerque, NM USA can make other garments out of this X Marks tartan fabric.

She also makes tartan vests. Would look sharp with a solid color contemporary kilt.

Special deal, not on her pricelist, especially with supplied fabric, but don't guess it'd be too much. No clue how much fabric it would take for a vest. Guess it depends on measurements.

Ron

[The Wizard of BC]

I just got off the phone with Gordon Kirkbright.

The bad news is;
The mill is shut down for their two week vacation.

The good news is;
We are on the production schedule to start weaving 23 meters as soon as they get back.

Here is the official word;
I will accept orders until 2400 pdt Sat.23 July 05. Anyone who has already ordered will be getting an invoice from Freedom Kilts this week. The invoice will include the cost of the amount of fabric you ordered, any applicable taxes, cost of shipping to the address you gave me, and my fee for handling this.
As soon as I have recieved confirmation of your payment and no later than Mon. 25 July 05 I will send a check to Faser & Kirkbright.

After Mon the 25th you will have to wait for the next run to get the X Marks Tartan.

[Riverkilt]

Cool!!

Since we're a tiny order and different may take a while eh?

Guessing the actual arrival of the cloth will be sometime around December??

Waiting four months for a special tartan from Lochcharron and they take that two week break too.

Or did they give us a promise/guesstimate on shipping time?

Thanks

Ron

[The Wizard of BC]

I have been quoted 6 weeks for delivery.

I will probably go over to the mainland and visit the mill while the fabric is on the loom. I just think that would be neat to see. And that way I can post pictures and get everyone who didn't order jealous.

Who knows, perhaps this will all fall into place and we can have the fabric for "The Gathering". I'm not holding my breath, but "There are strange things done in the midnight sun, by the men who moil for Gold."

[M. A. C. Newsome]

Gordon Kirkbright:

Price of $53/m applies to approx. half bolt but if we could get to a full bolt (50-55m) then price drops to only $43/m for the 13-14 oz weight. On speaking with Matt Newsome, and others, in North Carolina it seems that this would be the most suitable weight for all climates.

Funny, the only thing I remember saying to him about cloth eight was as I was feeling a sample of his heavy weight cloth I made the comment that I was glad you guys decided on the heavy weight. So I'm not sure how he got the impression that I favored the medium weight.

So what weight did you wind up ordering?

Matt