I have both hand-sewn and machine sewn. with the Exception of my O'Neille, the rest of my machine sewn kilts are "jeans", meaning they get the tar beat out of them. being machine sewn, I'm not worried about the stitching, as I can just run it under a machine again and *POOF* it is fixed.

My hand-sewns and O'Neille, that is a different story. Those are for "show", when I am going out in public. I think they look a little better, but mostly I love telling people who ask "Yeah, someone in scotland sewed this up with a needle, by hand. all 30-odd feet of it" and watching their eyes get real big in disbelief. then I hit them with the price, and they usually just drop their jaw and compiment me on how great the kilt looks.