Khaki kilt hose: Where to buy?

[Buckskin]

I haven't seen any negative reviews on WPG's Khaki hose. Mine are great!

[Tartan Hiker]

I have a pair of WPG's and they are really nice with this one caveat...be careful if you have big feet! I have a size 13 foot, and in no time flat my toes were poking through the end of both hose. I darned the holes and at the next wearing my toes were through again. I've never done this with any other socks in my life, so I don't have odd toes with teeth or anything. The WPG hose are solid wool and tightly knit, so they don't stretch at all. I expect their large size would fit a size 11 foot just fine, but my 13's just were not to be contained.

I'm thinking about hacking off the front half of the foot portion and adding a new one in stretchy acrylic.

[cavscout]

The kilt hose we carry are made in canada they are you typical popcorn top piper hose and come in a variety of colours but we specificlally asked to have khaki I'll try to get some pics of the ones i have i have a full shippment coming in 3 days days they will be retailing for $35.00 cad

Mac, what is the fiber content of the hose?

[BradleyTCO]

I have a pair of WPG's and they are really nice with this one caveat...be careful if you have big feet! I have a size 13 foot, and in no time flat my toes were poking through the end of both hose. I darned the holes and at the next wearing my toes were through again. I've never done this with any other socks in my life, so I don't have odd toes with teeth or anything. The WPG hose are solid wool and tightly knit, so they don't stretch at all. I expect their large size would fit a size 11 foot just fine, but my 13's just were not to be contained.

I'm thinking about hacking off the front half of the foot portion and adding a new one in stretchy acrylic.

I elected instead to try the "British Indian Army Khaki Full Hose" from WPG. These "original khaki wool full hose made for the old Indian Army" came with a tag reading "Made in Pakistan." Between that and the exhorbitant shipping price for one pair of hose and one sporran (over $15), I won't be shopping there again.

Hopefully the UK Khaki Full Hose from WPG are better than what I got from them.

[MacHummel]

the mix in these hose are 80%wool/ 18%nylon/2%lycra, I love wearing these hose them come in Small, med , large, i havebig calves and they work very nicely .
for me.

[fortcollinsjerry]

FWIW - I found that the hose from WPG are pretty huge. I ordered the medium (smallest they had) and they are a good 2 inches longer and larger around than my size 9 foot. LOML is going to do some retro-knitting of the foot so they fit better and add a "bootie" so the sock will not slide around. They fit OK from the ankle to the knee.

The more I work with the hose and Eisenhower jacket I bought from WPG I'm starting to discover flaws in the garments I did not know about when I lauded the pieces earlier on this site. Luckly, LOML has the talent, skill and interest to correct the problems.

[Kilted_John]

The Gaelic Themes piper's kilt hose comes in khaki... Am about to purchase a pair along with a pair of cream from The Tartan Thistle, on Whidbey Island, here in WA.

Link: http://www.tartanthistle.com/Piper_Hose.html

$32.99, plus shipping. 80% wool, 20% nylon. Likely the same ones that MacHummel sells, just made in Scotland, instead of Canada...

-J

[macwilkin]

I elected instead to try the "British Indian Army Khaki Full Hose" from WPG. These "original khaki wool full hose made for the old Indian Army" came with a tag reading "Made in Pakistan." Between that and the exhorbitant shipping price for one pair of hose and one sporran (over $15), I won't be shopping there again.

Hopefully the UK Khaki Full Hose from WPG are better than what I got from them.

Well, the Pakistani army does contains regiments that were part of the Indian Army before Partition in 1947...



Todd

[Jack Daw]

I love my WPG khaki hose, but I have one VERY small caveat. You can't wear them right out of the package. They have the most repugnant odor! But, a quick first wash and its gone.

[MacHummel]

These are the hose we carry.