Scotweb kilts

[BBNC]

Has anyone had any experience with the quality of Bespoke 5yd. kilts available on Scotweb in 15oz. wool?. I'm limited to only a few suppliers, as my tartan (Muirhead) is not widely available, and Scotweb has the best selection.



Bruce

[MacMillans son]

Welcome aboard BBNC.

Scotweb is the owner of DC Dalgleish, but I believe that any kilt maker should be able to order that tartan for you. The same as if the tartan was sold only by Strathmore, or House of Edgar, or Lochcarron, the limited availability of a tartan does not mean that you have to use the mills kilt makers too.

Hope that helps.

[BBNC]

Welcome aboard BBNC.

Scotweb is the owner of DC Dalgleish, but I believe that any kilt maker should be able to order that tartan for you. The same as if the tartan was sold only by Strathmore, or House of Edgar, or Lochcarron, the limited availability of a tartan does not mean that you have to use the mills kilt makers too.

Hope that helps.

Thanks for the info, I will contact other makers, but I believe my question was asking about the quality of one maker: Bespoke. I'm sure that like many other things, price alone does not indicate quality, or a great deal.

[Grizzly]

Whilst I am sure that Scotweb will make a perfectly good kilt there is nothing quite like having direct liaison with the actual kiltmaker. My vote would be to pick a kiltmaker from the forum there are plenty and deal directly with them.

[madmacs]

If you're in the US you may get landed with extra taxes too (which can be significant) when ordering from the UK.

No idea on your original Q, but welcome anyway...

[unixken]

As one who owns a couple of kilts from Scotweb (an 8yd Traditional, and 5yd Casual, just not the Bespoke kilt specifically), in addition to Prince Charlie and Braemar coatees and jackets from them, I can say Scotweb deals with very nice stuff. Other sources are out there (as others will attest), and you will/might get hit with import duties (as others will attest.) But as a Scotweb customer myself, I have no complaints at all with their product offerings, and have had wonderful dealings with their customer service people.

[BBNC]

Thanks Ken, that's what I wanted to know. I had a recent shipment from Ireland and there was no import duty, but the total was less than $200.00, which I believe is the break point.

Bruce

[Steve Ashton]

BBNC

Scotweb has been a trusted advertiser on X Marks for over 7 years now. Nick has his own dedicated section of the forum where you can read reviews of his products and service. You may also communicate with Nick directly within his section.

Any company that you see advertising on this forum can be trusted to be of the highest caliber.



When or if you order please remember to tell them to send your stuff via ParcelForce or Royal Mail. The courier services like FedEx and UPS are authorized to act as their own import brokers and are paid as a percentage of what they collect for the Govt. This would give them a pretty good incentive to always charge the maximum in duty and taxes. There is then the brokerage fees.

So stick with ParcelForce or Royal Mail.

[unixken]

When or if you order please remember to tell them to send your stuff via ParcelForce or Royal Mail. The courier services like FedEx and UPS are authorized to act as their own import brokers and are paid as a percentage of what they collect for the Govt. This would give them a pretty good incentive to always charge the maximum in duty and taxes. There is then the brokerage fees.

So stick with ParcelForce or Royal Mail.

The only caveats to add to this, however, are 1.) There's no tracking number, and 2.) Royal Mail has a two kilo limit (about 7 pounds) on what they will accept and ship. A 5 yard kilt should get under that limit, but not if you order a bunch of other stuff at the same time. Anything over 2 kilos will have to ship by courier. If you DO need to go with a courier, ask Scotweb to use DHL. I've experienced first hand, a couple of horror stories with FedEx's "International Priority" service (documented elsewhere on this site.) When we used DHL for one of my shipments, I got the package FAST and with ZERO problems.

[MacGumerait]

BBNC , I have an 8 yd Balmoral series kilt ( hand and machine sewn ) from Scotweb that I ordered and recieved this past spring . I was extremely happy with the results . Very good quality in the workmanship . I had a few questions while it was being made and they responded to everything within a day or less .

The estimated time for completion when I ordered was apprx. 8 weeks ( give or take ) and I recieved it in 7 weeks which was pretty good considering that I was ordering a tartan that wasn't a popular or readily available tartan ( it wasn't a custom weave tartan , just not one that was readily available ) . They shipped the kilt using DHL and I had no problems .

As others have said , Scotweb also owns the tartan mill DC Dalgleish which also produces a vast selection of tartans . Also as others have stated , if you prefer , you can order your kilt from a kiltmaker here and they can get the fabric from DC Dalgleish .

Either way , I don't think you'll go wrong with the advertisers here at XMarks or the kiltmakers here on XMarks .

Happy Kilting !