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[fluter]

AAhh! but they don't. That's the secret...

It's all about making a buck so you too can buy your kid the GI Joe with the Kung-fu grip.

I beg to differ: It's all about making a buck so I can buy more Freedom Kilts! Plus there are at least 4 tartans lined up waiting for me to order a tank in them, plus...

[The Wizard of BC]

Canawler,

You missed my point completely. I am not mocking kilts made overseas. And I am not downgrading or denigrating anyone.
Just for the record my own Stillwater arrived just today. Thank you Jerry.

Business is business. You are either in it to cut out the other blokes heart and eat it, or your like me and go hungry to afford some more fabric.

Let no one mistake this. There is a market for very inexpensive kilts. How many times on this forum alone have people started post about the high cost of custom kilts and wished they could go to their local retail store and buy a kilt for the cost of a pair of jeans.

Each person will make the decision for himself what he can afford for a kilt. Each person will decide for himself what level of quality he wants.

I have had some kilts come into my shop that were made overseas and they are a very high quality garment. And I've had some come in, Made in Scotland, that look terrible.

And that is the beauty of forums like this. He we talk about kilts. Good kilts, bad kilts, red kilts, blue kilts. Hopefully those who come here learn just a little more so that the kilt they buy is the kilt they want.

[RK-REX]

There is a market for very inexpensive kilts. How many times on this forum alone have people started post about the high cost of custom kilts and wished they could go to their local retail store and buy a kilt for the cost of a pair of jeans.

And how many folks are willing to spend 2-3 or 400 dollars to "try" being kilted. I know for me $150 for my USAK was a bit hard to swallow. Like you said, I'll pay 30 for a pair of jeans, or maybe 50 for a good pair of dress pants, but I know how they'll look on me and I'll most likely be able to try them on. For your first kilt, who wants to spend a several hundred dollars and find out they don't like being kilted. How they wouldn't is beyond me, but.....