Scottish Kilt Shop

**keclea** · 21st October 13, 04:43 PM

Does anyone have any information about www.scottishkiltshop.com?

They list some really unbelievable prices on utility kilts and leather kilts. Has anyone ever bought anything from them?

**ASinclair** · 21st October 13, 05:24 PM

Hello, keclea!

I'm not familiar with the Scottish Kilt Shop; sorry.

**keclea** · 21st October 13, 05:27 PM

No worries. Thanks Allen.

**Hawk** · 21st October 13, 06:07 PM

Welcome Keclea to the XMTS Community......

Dont know about SKShop but would like to hear an introduction from you being a new member of XMTS.....

Hawk

**Pipersson** · 21st October 13, 07:04 PM

Welcome Keclea!

Seems to be another vendor of cheap imported kilt stuff to me...

Tom

**keclea** · 22nd October 13, 04:17 AM

Hi Piperson. I'm sure that it is cheap imported kilt stuff. The question is whether they are reliable or not. For instance, www.utkilt.com is also a seller of cheap imported kilt stuff, but it is an American guy running the website, and he has very good customer service.

**Laird_M** · 22nd October 13, 04:20 AM

I'd tend to agree, the prices look too cheap for non-import, and have to say, I don't like the layout of the site. Doesn't seem very well designed to me...makign me think 'buy cheap - sell cheap'.

**Father Bill** · 22nd October 13, 04:25 AM

Bottom line is that quality isn't cheap (or even inexpensive). A quality kilt only comes from a quality kiltmaker, and it takes time and expensive materials, so it does cost money.

Sorry; there's no way around it. On the other hand, if you save your shekels and buy quality you'll never be sorry. The bitter taste of poor quality lasts far longer than the sweetness of a cheap "deal."

Meanwhile, welcome to the "Great Rabble!"

**keclea** · 22nd October 13, 05:07 AM

Absolutely, and when it comes to traditional wool kilts, I couldn't agree more. The angle I'm coming from is that I wear the kilts on an everyday basis. I wear them to my job, I wear them around town. I wear them to cut and chop wood for my woodstove. Botton line is, I wear the utility kilts because I get my kilts dirty. I like being able to drop them in the washing machine and not have a massive amount of ironing to do when they are done. The think cotton duck cloth that the utility kilts are typically made from is very low maintenance. And so far, my experience is that they last far longer than any pair of jeans I have ever owned. (My first utility kilt was purchased in 2007 from Utilikilts, and it still looks great). I'm not going to pay $300 for a kilt that I am going to wear while cleaning out the chicken shed or chainsawing wood, or butchering chickens. I will, however, gladly wear a $35 utility kilt that I can throw in the washing machine after and not worry if all the stains come out or not. :-)