Quote Originally Posted by Phil View Post
and to dismiss this in such a way is nothing but an impertinence.
Well, i certainly didn't intend to be impertinent. I was just making an observation that the knife pleated kilt pleated to the sett is one of the most recent styles of kilt manufacture.

Quote Originally Posted by Phil View Post
Quoting spurious historical "facts" to justify modifying these traditions to suit ones own point of view is easy to do but to try and infer that they have any relevance to a traditional form of Scottish dress is nothing short of re-writing a culture of which you really have no genuine experience or knowledge to suit the circumstances you wish to present.
I don't have the time right now to run down this particular quote, but I don't believe that the source is in the least "spurious." If someone has access to this particular quote, please jump in here with a reference. If not I'll try to run it down after work this afternoon.