D.C. Dalgleish

**davidlpope** · 15th January 12, 06:04 AM

Originally Posted by okiescot

I keep hearing about how good Lochcarron is, but unfortunately for me they do not make the tartan I am looking for. The only mill I have found that makes it is D.C. Dalgleish.

Can anyone tell me if this is a good mill or not? Thank you.

Not just good, the best.

**denmcdough** · 15th January 12, 06:30 AM

Great stuff. I have two kilts made from Dalgliesh material. Both are in the MacDonagh tartan. The second kilt, we had them lighten the green. One day, soon, I need to post some pics. I, also, have two kilts for my sons in the Dlagliesh, lighter shade green. The appearance of the material was not quite as good as my first kilt, but, nonetheless, a nice one.

The kilt maker on these kilts was Wally Catanach, a member here, and Wally stated that the Dalgliesh was the best material to work with. Gotta take the word of a pro!

As to what Ron stated, though, I think all the mills do a great job, it just depends on what you want. One thing on the plus side for Dalgliesh, they do a lot of special runs and rare tartans.

**creagdhubh** · 15th January 12, 08:52 AM

Agreed-they are the best!

**Riverkilt** · 15th January 12, 08:58 AM

You're probably well convinced by now. But did realize I have some closeups of Dalgliesh fabric. This is the Antarctica tartan. Pics are showing my Earth Art pin but look past the pin at the fabric.

Dalgliesh also wove the fabric for my Arizona tartan kilt and my Macdonald of Kingsburgh kilt. All three kilts are great - no problems at all with the fabric.

**okiescot** · 15th January 12, 09:26 AM

Oh wow. Thank you for all of the reponses. I feel comfortable with Dalgleish now. Steve of Lansing, thank you for the link, in fact I was up late last night viewing everything Dalgleish has on their web site. Riverkilt, thank you for the pictures and that is a beautiful tartan.

I am going through a kiltmaker here in the U.S. I am currently awaiting a swatch in the MacGregor dress green in 15 oz. to see if I like it. It should be arriving soon as it has been on order for almost 2 weeks.

Thank you again for all of the feedback.

**ForresterModern** · 15th January 12, 09:50 PM

I have four Dalgleish tartan kits, Douglas Ancient Red and Douglas Brown in heavyweight, and Douglas Black and Allen 1996 in 13 oz, among the finest quality tartan I own. I have never had a concern, although a couple recent threads raised some quality concerns by others with some custom runs, one of them the Cthulu tartan run.

**ccga3359** · 15th January 12, 11:19 PM

Only way I could get my Ontario in 16oz. Only down side was a six month wait.

**okiescot** · 16th January 12, 08:21 AM

The only weights I saw available at Dalgleish were the 15 oz. and the 11 oz. My other two kilts are both 13 oz. I was forewarned by my kilt maker that it would take 4 to 6 months.

**creagdhubh** · 16th January 12, 11:08 AM

Originally Posted by okiescot

The only weights I saw available at Dalgleish were the 15 oz. and the 11 oz. My other two kilts are both 13 oz. I was forewarned by my kilt maker that it would take 4 to 6 months.

Correct. The heaviest weight that Dalgliesh offers is 15oz, which is not that drastically different in weight and feel of 16oz tartan.

**English Bloke** · 17th January 12, 02:01 AM

I have a special weave 15oz Dalgliesh and nice though it is, after much deliberation, including some discussion regarding superior selvage on here, I have to say I prefer Lochcarron Strome. I find the Dalgliesh fabric creases really easily whereas the Strome (and others) does not. Might be idiosyncratic to my piece and their stock tartans may be fine... Dunno, I just prefer Kilts you can sit down in.