looking for a formal look but not the price

[Colin]

To the un-educated eye (99.9% of the population) a kilt is a kilt. He wants "the look", not the real thing; a Stillwater Heavyweight or inexpensive tradional from one of the makers here will probably suit his purpose just as well as a $500 kilt would; where the real cost comes in is trying to get the rest - jacket, vest, hose, etc. ...especially the jacket!

I would have to disagree with that number Iolaus. At least up here in BC people tend to know the look of a traditional Scottish kilt vs a PV or comtemporay style kilt. I have been stopped a few times in my Bear kilts and asked what kind of material it was and if it made a good kilt. At least in my environment, the un-educated eye is, maybe 60% of the population. Mind you we have a piper or pipeband for almost everything, and one of our universities, Simon Fraser University (SFU) has produced a pipeband that has won the worlds numerous times.

I have not seen the Stillwater wool kilts in person, only in photo, but wonder what traditional characteristics they have. Does anyone know the weight of the wool?