Selvedge types, swish v- durability choice

[figheadair]

Looking for stories, experiences, what have you.

So specifically my question to open this thread is how much durability would I be giving away (and how much more swish would my wife enjoy) moving from tuck in to traditional selvedge?

No stories or experiences but an observation and allowing for the obvious that from the techy point that neither a tucked or folded hem is a selvedge.

For a given weight of cloth a turned hem will always be thicker than a folded, glued and pressed one. Additionally, the machine sewing on a turned hem will affect the ability, albeit ever so slightly, of the cloth to move as the stitching will constrain that ability of the individual threads to slide against each other as the fabric ripples.

If you had to pick one for better movement then go for the glued one. I still find the visual effect displeasing but one thing to watch out for, and which can ameliorate the assault on one's eye, is to ensure that the kilt is made with the tuck on the inside. You might think that that's a statement of the blindingly obvious but I've seen kilts from at least one maker here in Scotland with the glued hem on the outside and it looks dreadful.

[AKScott]

No stories or experiences but an observation and allowing for the obvious that from the techy point that neither a tucked or folded hem is a selvedge.

I agree technically, but a hem is found on the bottom edge of (some) less expensive kilts. And my fiance noticed hemmed is less swishy than Loch Carron tuck-in selvedge, quickly.

For a given weight of cloth a turned hem will always be thicker than a folded, glued and pressed one. Additionally, the machine sewing on a turned hem will affect the ability, albeit ever so slightly, of the cloth to move as the stitching will constrain that ability of the individual threads to slide against each other as the fabric ripples.

So less swish. Makes perfect sense now that you spelled it out.

If you had to pick one for better movement then go for the glued one.

I have seen pictures of glued selvedge. I don't have any yardage in hand, but your point of view makes sense.

I still find the visual effect displeasing but one thing to watch out for, and which can ameliorate the assault on one's eye, is to ensure that the kilt is made with the tuck on the inside. You might think that that's a statement of the blindingly obvious but I've seen kilts from at least one maker here in Scotland with the glued hem on the outside and it looks dreadful.

I didn't even think of that, blindingly obvious indeed; happy to have found (I just checked) my tank has the tuck-in selvedge fuzz on the inside all the way around.