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    What's wrong with just calling it what it is, a "KILT"??????

    Journeyman

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    Quote Originally Posted by Journeyman View Post
    What's wrong with just calling it what it is, a "KILT"??????

    Journeyman
    from Chicago, IL, USA.

    There's nothing wrong with calling it a kilt, but there are so many other types of kilts out there today, that "tank" is now used to distinguish the traditional "built like a tank" tailor-made, 8 yard, heavyweight wool kilt from all the others.
    Animo non astutia

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    Quote Originally Posted by McFarkus View Post
    "tank" is now used to distinguish the traditional "built like a tank" tailor-made, 8 yard, heavyweight wool kilt from all the others.
    Hand sewn, tailor-made, 8 yard, knife pleated, heavyweight, wool kilt
    Wallace Catanach, Kiltmaker

    A day without killting is like a day without sunshine.

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