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8th April 09, 07:10 PM
#1
Happy Tartan Day to Me!
Well, back in November I scored a kilt length of ancient Cameron of Erracht tartan for a very good price. Air postal would have actually cost more than the fabric, so I opted for surface mail. It was mailed on November 28th.
Oh yeah...the seller was in the UK and I'm in North Carolina, USA.
In late March, after waiting for 4 months, I emailed the seller to let her know that the fabric had not yet arrived. She very generously offered to refund half of the purchase price so that we would share the loss (How amazing is that? What a lady.) I declined, saying that I wasn't yet ready to give up hope.
On Tartan Day, April 6th, my wife called me and said "I've got news that'll make your day!" Yep...my tartan had arrived.
The seller wasn't too clear about the details in the auction description, but I thought it was worth a risk. Turns out this is quality wool, 13 ounce fabric, kilting selvedge, and beautiful colors. There were a few small moth holes (tiny, really) that the seller described in the auction text. They are really tiny and I should have no problem reweaving them into non-existence. Four yards double-width....for about $35.
Well worth the wait for sure, but that Jones was a real killer!
Kilted Teacher and Wilderness Ranger and proud member of Clan Donald, USA
Happy patron of Jack of the Wood Celtic Pub and Highland Brewery in beautiful, walkable, and very kilt-friendly Asheville, NC.
New home of Sierra Nevada AND New Belgium breweries!
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8th April 09, 07:28 PM
#2
Congrats on the new fabric. I hope it becomes a kilt in better time than the shipping!
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8th April 09, 07:34 PM
#3
I tried to ask my inner curmudgeon before posting, but he sprayed me with the garden hose…
Yes, I have squirrels in my brain…
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8th April 09, 07:47 PM
#4
That was a long time. I've had surface material arrive a lot sooner. Glad it came, even if it was 5 months.
Wallace Catanach, Kiltmaker
A day without killting is like a day without sunshine.
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8th April 09, 08:33 PM
#5
The next time an order gets delayed like this, take some of your AYP and/or ABC bonus $ and buy me a plane ticket to the seller's hometown and I'll collect the merchandise for you. Sounds fair to me.
1 more day!
--dbh
When given a choice, most people will choose.
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9th April 09, 07:28 AM
#6
 Originally Posted by piperdbh
The next time an order gets delayed like this, take some of your AYP and/or ABC bonus $ and buy me a plane ticket to the seller's hometown and I'll collect the merchandise for you. Sounds fair to me.
1 more day!
I wish I had some of that to spend...we didn't meet our goals this past year, and I'm not too optimistic right now...
Kilted Teacher and Wilderness Ranger and proud member of Clan Donald, USA
Happy patron of Jack of the Wood Celtic Pub and Highland Brewery in beautiful, walkable, and very kilt-friendly Asheville, NC.
New home of Sierra Nevada AND New Belgium breweries!
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9th April 09, 07:31 AM
#7
When can we see a photo of this wonderful tartan that your talking about? (and colour me jealous on a great find!)
"A veteran, whether active duty, retired, national guard or reserve, is someone who, at one point in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to "The United States of America", for an amount of "up to and including my life." That is honor, and there are way too many people in this country who no longer understand it." anon
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9th April 09, 03:02 PM
#8
Congrats, can't wait to see the finished product!
The Barry
"Confutatis maledictis, flammis acribus addictis;
voca me cum benedictis." -"Dies Irae" (Day of Wrath)
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11th April 09, 12:37 PM
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After considerable thought, I have decided to convert this piece of fabric into my first self-made tank. I'm going to follow Barb's book line-by-line...I'm sure that I will learn much in the process.
Photos will follow.
Kilted Teacher and Wilderness Ranger and proud member of Clan Donald, USA
Happy patron of Jack of the Wood Celtic Pub and Highland Brewery in beautiful, walkable, and very kilt-friendly Asheville, NC.
New home of Sierra Nevada AND New Belgium breweries!
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14th April 09, 08:08 AM
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Ken Sallenger - apprentice kiltmaker, journeyman curmudgeon,
gainfully unemployed systems programmer
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