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    There's about a dozen of us. I'm not interested, because if I bring home another kilt, the wife would... well it could be hemmed up three full repeats and I'd still be modest!
    I'm counting five interested so far (4 SOKS and Robin).We should be keeoping the number even right?
    You could add an extra 4 metres to even it up & have one made for your wife!

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    Quote Originally Posted by JohnH View Post
    You could add an extra 4 metres to even it up & have one made for your wife!
    Oh yeah just enough to hang me with ! That's cruel JohnH, I'm gonna enjoy meeting you on Saturday.

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    Given this is 16oz I would be interested. And I will offer my skills as a clearing point for ordering and shipping the material as I have done for the XMarks pins. It might be easier to have one person order a large length, than all of us order single 4m lengths. If that works, I would probably engage Pete or Matt Newsome to do the actually cutting, or some other kilt make, but those seem the most likely, as I may well go for another Matt box pleat or send it to Pete since most seem to be SOKS members and avail myself one a CCK kilt!
    The kilt concealed a blaster strapped to his thigh. Lazarus Long

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    Guys!!!!

    REMEMBER:
    The sevege is EXTREMELY BAD!!!!!!!
    I would, personally NOT use that for a kilt.

    I MIGHT get some for some other projects. If ANYONE in the Upstate South Carolina or Atlanta area is interested, PM or EMAIL me, so we can bulf order and save on the shipping. I drive to Atlanta about weekly, so I could meet folks in both areas.

    My projects:
    -Vest
    -Cadadh
    -Scarf
    -?????

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    It's 9:30 pm Fri. night and I just returned from the mainland to return the damaged X Marks Tartan to Gordon at Fraser & Kirkbright.

    Here's the story on this fabric....

    This is the damaged fabric that I rejected. It is my opinion that the Selvedge is totally unusable. (Please see the pics in the thread referanced above.) In many places the damage extends greater than 2" into the selvedge edges. Where we originally hoped to find usable lengths I later found small rips in the opposite edge.
    There are also oil and grease spots on many areas from what I assume was the bearing that failed on the finishing machine.
    The entire two rolls have internal stresses that can be seen when you lay the fabric out flat. The Tartan pattern is not straight and there are ripples and bulges that won't lay flat.

    In my opinion this fabric with the damage was not what our members paid for so I rejected the entire lot and returned it to Gordon. Gordon was a true gentleman and accepted my decision without question and has agreed to re-weave the entire order at his own expense. In an attempt to recover some of his loss he has offered the fabric to the public as remnants.

    It is only my opinion but I would not use this fabric for a kilt. Not a kilt of any kind except perhaps a mini cheerleader kilt that is made of small pieces. It is perfectly suited for almost any other use you can think of. Vests, ties, flashes, linings, sporrans, car seat cushions, your cat's bed, almost anything but a kilt.

    The price is completely reasonable and Gordon really needs to get something for this fabric. If anyone has a project that is just crying for a small piece of X Marks Tartan I say let's help Gordon out and buy the entire lot.

    But kilts, no, unless you are ready to accept something just for the low price.

    For further details on the re-weave of the 16oz. X Marks Tartan please see my post under the X Marks Tartan thread.
    Steve Ashton
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    I wear the kilt because:
    Swish + Swagger = Swoon.

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    Kathy Lare made up a vest out of X Marks Tartan for me.

    Photo is crummy, but the vest is nice. Have even worn it with my X Marks kilt (Gasp!).

    But, an idea for use of the rejected material. Particularly since there's been a vest thread going on the Freedom Kilts forum.



    Ron
    Ol' Macdonald himself, a proud son of Skye and Cape Breton Island
    Lifetime Member STA. Two time winner of Utilikiltarian of the Month.
    "I'll have a kilt please, a nice hand sewn tartan, 16 ounce Strome. Oh, and a sporran on the side, with a strap please."

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    Steve,

    Thanks for the detailed assessment of the goods. Some questions . . .

    Quote Originally Posted by The Wizard of BC View Post
    . . .

    This is the damaged fabric that I rejected. It is my opinion that the Selvedge is totally unusable. (Please see the pics in the thread referanced above.) In many places the damage extends greater than 2" into the selvedge edges. Where we originally hoped to find usable lengths I later found small rips in the opposite edge.
    . . .
    So anyone planning to use this would need to plan to lose 2" on both edges. Given 59" wide fabric, that leaves 55" usable, right?

    Quote Originally Posted by The Wizard of BC View Post
    . . .
    There are also oil and grease spots on many areas from what I assume was the bearing that failed on the finishing machine.
    The entire two rolls have internal stresses that can be seen when you lay the fabric out flat. The Tartan pattern is not straight and there are ripples and bulges that won't lay flat.

    . . .
    Do you think that the oil and grease could be cleaned? By washing with a good grease remover, or by dry cleaning?

    Are the internal stresses such that after cleaning and pressing, could they be flattened out with the pressing?

    Quote Originally Posted by The Wizard of BC View Post
    . . .
    It is only my opinion but I would not use this fabric for a kilt. Not a kilt of any kind except perhaps a mini cheerleader kilt that is made of small pieces. It is perfectly suited for almost any other use you can think of. Vests, ties, flashes, linings, sporrans, car seat cushions, your cat's bed, almost anything but a kilt.

    . . .
    So potentially suitable for anything which will be hemmed or fringed?

    One other thought on this . . . and it is an opinion with which others are certainly free to disagree . . . my view is that this is a special tartan for our "on-line" clan, and it seems wrong somehow (to me) to use it for some use like car seeat cushions or a cat's bed.

    Also, if used for a flag, is the weave strong enough to withstand being whipped by the wind, assuming that the edges were properly bound? Would it need to be bonded to something stronger, or maybe two layers bonded together (iron-on interfacing, etc., ?) to withstand the weather?

    Just my rambling thoughts . . .

    Mark

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    I'd be in for 2 metres. KCW, are you doing this, or should I just order from F&K?
    Convener, Georgia Chapter, House of Gordon (Boss H.O.G.)

    Where 4 Scotsmen gather there'll usually be a fifth.
    7/5 of the world's population have a difficult time with fractions.

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    I'll await the next run of XMarks tartan. By then, I'll have my CCK Maple Leaf, my SWK black shadow and ???

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