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    Hey Ron, you'll go blind looking at that picture of Sylvana. LOL! LOL! LOL!
    Sorry, I had to say it. She's also into sewing, she's kind of looking into making me a kilt and she's working on putting draw strings on my belted plaids. Like I said, she's a very interesting, and I'll add skilled lady.
    I tried to ask my inner curmudgeon before posting, but he sprayed me with the garden hose…
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    Like my favorite Rumi poem,

    "I want to kiss you.

    The price of kissing is your life.

    Now my loving is running to my living shouting,

    'What a bargain! Lets take it!'"
    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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    Well, Riverkilt, I could say a bit more..., but I think that would be removed for a number of reasons, LOL.
    Just to change the topic back to kilts, here is a little review, and I will put a copy in the first post also.
    Review

    The standard SWK Nightstalker is made from an acrylic fabric, I don't know the weight, but it is lighter than the wool. The acrylic has a much smoother texture which isn't a problem, but I worry about fuzz developing and also that it will be snagged easily. I don't wear it too often for that reason. The hang and swing and all that isn't as good as wool, but that fabric has a soft comfortable feel to it. I want to say like some kinds of sweaters. That's the part I like about the acrylic...
    The Weathered Lamont (1/2 set), (13 Oz SWK wool heavyweight kilt) really does hang and swing better. The wool has a texture and feel like no other fabric. I haven't gotten around to correcting the SWK first pleat/apron taper issue, but it isn't too bad.
    I don't see how the two fabrics can be compared, there's too big a difference. I try not to think of them as the same kind of kilt, or use them in the same way. That being said, I would be happy if SWK would start making the Nightstalker in the heavyweight wool again.
    Last edited by Bugbear; 12th January 08 at 06:04 PM.
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    Well Ted,

    Hope someday your budget allows you a nice USA Kilts semi-trad or even a hand sewn 16 ounce strome. Big difference from acrylic...big difference...

    And, as we started, good to put a face to the name.

    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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    I'm moving this post to my last post because of editing problems.
    Last edited by Bugbear; 12th January 08 at 07:02 PM.
    I tried to ask my inner curmudgeon before posting, but he sprayed me with the garden hose…
    Yes, I have squirrels in my brain…

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    Awsome pictures, Ted! You look great in both kilts. Best of luck on getting a USAK!

    And Ron, if you want to woo a lass...say somthing like this:

    "So shows a snowy dove trooping with crows,
    As yonder lady o'er her fellows shows"

    Now behave.

    Cheers.
    Clan Campbell ~ "Ne Obliviscaris"

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    Yo Joel! What's with wooing the lady by talking about her crows feet. Just joking.
    I tried to ask my inner curmudgeon before posting, but he sprayed me with the garden hose…
    Yes, I have squirrels in my brain…

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    Ha-ha! And they say Shakespeare's outdated!

    (That's why I talk about her hair and eyes, instead.)

    Cheers!
    Clan Campbell ~ "Ne Obliviscaris"

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    I don't know about you guys, but I get loged off all the time when I'm trying to post any more than a sentence. It's very agrovating to write things this way. I have to write half the post by going back several times and editing it. I still have to log back in doing that sometimes. I think it's the phone lines out here or something. Oh well, I'm glad to just be a member.
    I tried to ask my inner curmudgeon before posting, but he sprayed me with the garden hose…
    Yes, I have squirrels in my brain…

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    It could be the phone lines. But I'm not sure...I'm not very computer savvy.

    My computer has a bad modem and it'll shut off all access to the internet and close out on me.

    Hopefully things will be resolved with your posting trouble and your decision on a future kilt!
    Clan Campbell ~ "Ne Obliviscaris"

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