Is this how all Scotweb kilts look?

[davidlpope]

I certainly prefer a hemmed bottom edge, and I'm dissapointed the summary of the kilt on the website did not specify anything much further than 'high quality'..... Maybe I will order the matching fly after all. Have a great weekend.

Colm,

Not trying to be antagonistic here, but why do you like a hemmed kilt? In my mind the pleats would not be as sharp and the bottom edge of the kilt would be twice as bulky. Additionally, the kilt would look as if it had been made for someone else and had been altered to fit a shorter man, instead of being custom-made for you.

As far as the matching fly plaid, I encourage you to consider purchasing a matching bias-cut waistcoat instead!

Cordially,

David

[mookien]

Colm, ...

As far as the matching fly plaid, I encourage you to consider purchasing a matching bias-cut waistcoat instead! ...

David

Or, better yet, both!

[creagdhubh]

Colm,

Not trying to be antagonistic here, but why do you like a hemmed kilt? In my mind the pleats would not be as sharp and the bottom edge of the kilt would be twice as bulky. Additionally, the kilt would look as if it had been made for someone else and had been altered to fit a shorter man, instead of being custom-made for you.

As far as the matching fly plaid, I encourage you to consider purchasing a matching bias-cut waistcoat instead!

Cordially,

David

I agree!!!

The kilt looks fine mate, leave it be.

[Tobus]

I am wondering if photos three and four don't maybe represent the areas at the end of the aprons away from the pleats where the cloth is folded over on itself into three layers and then stiched down, a vertical hem as it were? One of these at the edge of the front apron would have the fringing stitched down by the same threads...

If so the workmanship on the OPs kilt is nicer than on either of my two tanks.

Photo 4 is definitely the bottom right corner of the outer apron where the fringe is. You can see the extra thickness of material behind it and the fringe. I think he was upset that the bottom of the fold-back portion did not line up perfectly with the selvedge where it's stitched. I can see what he's talking about, but it doesn't seem like a big deal to me. It's not out of the ordinary, although I have seen it done a little better.

[Father Bill]

I wonder Colm, if you'd get a quicker and more supportive response from Nick by contacting the company than by posting here for our comments.

[mookien]

I wonder Colm, if you'd get a quicker and more supportive response from Nick by contacting the company than by posting here for our comments.

Father Bill: While I, too, think that Colm should contact Nick, I'm glad that he submitted his post, if for no other reason than, otherwise, we would have been deprived of Matt's excellent comments.

mookien

[thescot]

I cannot add much to what has been written, but I must say that wouldn't have a kilt that was hemmed. It speaks of . . . oh, I don't know, a kilt that didn't fit and was hemmed" Someone who doesn't know much about kilt making?

Colm, I can understand your consternation, but if you will examine a few really well-made kilts, you'll see exactly the same attributes that you mentioned in yours. What you mentioned is exactly what one finds in a good kilt.

[LANCER1562]

This thread got me to thinking. So I looked at all of my kilts and found that although my PV kilts from SK have a selvedge of sorts they don't have the little hem between the 2nd & 3rd pleats. My Locharron Mills hand sewn tank and my 5 yard wool kilt from USA Kilts both have the turn under, I'm not sure if they have an uneven edge but then I haven't looked I just know they hang really well.

Thank you Matt for sharing your knowledge of kilt making. Now I know what to look for the next time I buy a made to order hand sewn kilt.

[davidg]

they don't have the little hem between the 2nd & 3rd pleats

Not every kilt will have these but most do. It is the simplest way to deal with the underhang created by the taper of the front apron, and larger front aprons have proportionately larger underhangs

[BCAC]

I ordered a kilt not so very long ago from a kilt maker who has a very high reputation (and a consequently high price and a long waiting list), jonsed for a very long time and when it arrived, it had a hem.

Of course, I questioned this with my kilt maker and I was told that it was to make the kilt look and swing better and that all kilts should have a hem and if the other kiltmakers didn't do a hem it was because they are too lazy to do it. This kiltmaker always makes a hem and said that the extra work to hand hem an 8 yard kilt was to make a better kilt for the customer. I've since found out that this is not true.

The kilt is simply OK, not any more than that and, needless to say, I've changed kilt makers!