X Marks Tartan order update

[Kiltman]

I was fine with the original weight. 14 sounds good to me.
Kiltman
G.E.Roth

[The Wizard of BC]

Ron as spoken as well. That leaves only BikerCelt's vote before we can resolve this.

[Alan H]

Wait...reading your post again, the 16 ounce material is LESS expensive than the 14 ounce? eh, what? 16 ounce is $58/meter and 14 ounce is $62? Is there a typo, here? Perhaps the cost on the 16 ounce is $68 Cdn, not $58?

The XE.com currency converter puts $68 Cdn at $55.86 USA, as of the time I made this post, which is pretty close to your conversion, so I bet that "$58 Cdn" is just a typo.

If in fact the 16 ounce material is $68 Cdn/$55-56 USA, then the cost is only $9.50 a meter less than the custom weave that Matt told us about, months ago. That difference...$55 vs. $65 per yard/meter amounts to about $25 total cost difference for a 4 yard box pleated kilt that will cost you $350, and about $50 on an 8 yard knife-pleated kilt that will cost you about $450. In other words, it's more-or-less irrelevant.

So personally I hope there's a typo here and folks are OK with the 14 ounce material because $47.65 is significantly less than $65 a yard, guys will save more money, and that's why I spent all the time working on this in the first place.

But if not, then so be it. Whatever the case/price as long as it's not outrageous, I'm in for 2.5 meters so that I can get what to me is the ultimate X Marks kilt.

[Riverkilt]

I'm with you Alan. I voted for the 14 ounce simply because I live in the Arizona heat.

But if the vote is for the 16 ounce I'm still gonna bite the bullet and get it. Love the tartan.

Ron

[The Wizard of BC]

To clarify

14 oz

cost per meter = $53.00cdn
handling = $ 5.30cdn
GST = $ 3.71cdn
total per meter =$62.01cdn


16 oz

cost per meter = $58.00cdn
handling = $ 5.80cdn
GST = $ 4.06cdn
Total per meter = $67.86cdn

2.5 meters = $155.03cdn for 14oz & $169.65cdn for 16oz
127.33usd 139.34usd
73.13gbp 80.03gbp

4.0 meters = $248.04cdn for 14oz & $271.44cdn for 16oz
203.73usd 222.95usd
117.00gbp 128.04gbp

Then you will have to add shipping to your destination.

clear as mud!!!

[Riverkilt]

Sad, that with a board this size there's not enough interest to do both weights.

So much great work has been done to get to this point I hope we don't muck this up over the weights.

Ron

[Mike n NC]

Given the choice, I opted for the 16 oz but if the choice of weight gets in the way I'll be perfectly happy with the 14. Don't let that slow things down.

Mike