Three questions...

[Colin]

Answer #1. I have an 8 yard 16 oz handsewn Jura range (Marton Mills) kilt from Scottishkilts.net. The kilt is awesome and I have ZERO complaints about the construction, service, or quality of the kilt. A good value.

The first time I dealt with Scottishkilts.net, I did have an issue in that I had not gotten a confirmation of my order (I did every other time I ordered from them), and I had to email to find out any kind of timelines. I ended up getting a phone call from David in Glasgow to work out the timeline in which I needed the jacket and waistcoat, which they met dead on. With the kilt, I spent about 2 months asking questions (all got a response), and had that order complete and in my hands in record time. I am a very happy customer with my kilt from them. Check out my gallery for some pics of it.

Answer #2. Poly/Viscose is a lightweight material generally used for women's and child's skirts and kilts. In recent years a few companies have been producing very good quality Poly/viscose kilts. Very comfy kilts by the way.To my knowledge these companies are:
www.bearkilts.com
www.usakilts.com
http://www.canadiancasualkilts.com/
www.tartanweb.com (Scottishkilts.net)

Polyviscose is a great material for lightweight hot weather kilts and kick around kilts. Be wary of the term Polyviscose, as I have seen it mentioned that Stillwaterkilts, Neo kilt, Kiltmart, etc all use P/V, when to my knowledge they do not. Alot of people on the internet seem to assume that becaus eit isn't wool it must be poly/viscose.

The best source for an answer to this one is Bear, Rocky, or MacHummel.

Answer #3. Depends on the rest of your attire. With hose down, boots look best. With hose up, dress shoes, hiking shoes, and oxfords work good. I have not seen Ghillies worn casually before.

Answer #4 Stillwater uses an arcyllic for there Econo and Standard kilts. I had a kilt made in that material and was not a huge fan. The kilt didn't fit right either so that may have played a role in my opinion. I wa salways afriad to get to close to an open flame (hard for a smoker ...at the time).