Crocker's Kilt!

**Bugbear** · 12th January 08, 04:30 PM

Well, Riverkilt, I could say a bit more..., but I think that would be removed for a number of reasons, LOL.
Just to change the topic back to kilts, here is a little review, and I will put a copy in the first post also.
Review

The standard SWK Nightstalker is made from an acrylic fabric, I don't know the weight, but it is lighter than the wool. The acrylic has a much smoother texture which isn't a problem, but I worry about fuzz developing and also that it will be snagged easily. I don't wear it too often for that reason. The hang and swing and all that isn't as good as wool, but that fabric has a soft comfortable feel to it. I want to say like some kinds of sweaters. That's the part I like about the acrylic...
The Weathered Lamont (1/2 set), (13 Oz SWK wool heavyweight kilt) really does hang and swing better. The wool has a texture and feel like no other fabric. I haven't gotten around to correcting the SWK first pleat/apron taper issue, but it isn't too bad.
I don't see how the two fabrics can be compared, there's too big a difference. I try not to think of them as the same kind of kilt, or use them in the same way. That being said, I would be happy if SWK would start making the Nightstalker in the heavyweight wool again.

**Riverkilt** · 12th January 08, 06:09 PM

Well Ted,

Hope someday your budget allows you a nice USA Kilts semi-trad or even a hand sewn 16 ounce strome. Big difference from acrylic...big difference...

And, as we started, good to put a face to the name.

Ron

**Bugbear** · 12th January 08, 06:58 PM

Originally Posted by Riverkilt

Well Ted,

Hope someday your budget allows you a nice USA Kilts semi-trad or even a hand sewn 16 ounce strome. Big difference from acrylic...big difference...

And, as we started, good to put a face to the name.

Ron

Hey Ron, got tangled up in editing problems back there, but thanks. Like I said, that's the only acrylic I'm going to get. That was my first kilt, and it at least gives me some reference point. I like the PV materiel, it's still not wool, but it's good in it's own way. Same with the BK. I just don't try to think of them as the samekind of kilt.

Here's that moved post.

Thanks Ron. I don't want to put down the acrylic SWK, but I think that will be the only one I get, if for no other reason than that I have six cats, LOL! I'm pausing for a while in buying kilts until i figure out the tartans I want and so on. I'll probably have a USAK this year and at some point a tank. Ah, 16 Oz ooooo. I want to be sure about what I want before I get a tank or perhaps one of Matts Box pleats. In a way, I am very overwelmed by the abundence of tartan options. Money can be squeezed out of the old turnup.

And Joel, we were all posting at the same time, LOL, and couldn't read eachothers posts or something. This happens to me sometimes. Oh well, I'm having fun.

** And there. I hope I have covered all the editing, the whole story of these two kilts, and things are clear enough to rest for a while. This was a lot of fun, and a lot of editing/typeing/logging back in work. I'll keep watching this thread for any new posts. Thanks everybody.