inexpensive kilt in my clan tartan

[keepoffgrass]

Hi all! Im new to the forum. I love it though!

anyone know of a kilt maker that has a large selection of casual lightweight tartan material? Im looking at buying a sportkilt to wear around and about, my other kilt is far to heavy and expensive for casual wear. But i would love to get a casual wear kilt in one of the Drummond tartans. Thanks for your help, Bill

[keepoffgrass]

Ive been reading threw the forum and all but cant seem to find enough info to sway me either way on this... I was looking at the kilts on stillwater and sportkilt. I really like the stillwater nightstalker and the black stewart and was thinking about getting a standard of one of those, the price seems to be right. On Sport kilt I like the Loch Ness tartan. Of the two types whats your opinion qualilty wise? Is Sport kilt worth the extra money? Its the same base price, but if you add the belt loops and hemmed pleats the price jumps up an extra 25 bucks or something. I got my first kilt off of Scotweb, its a Balmoral traditional 8 yard kilt. I love it! its great! But its a bit hot to wear around here. I live in Hawaii, and am wanting something that i can wear confortibly out and about (like on the golf course) and at home lounging around. But anyways, do any of you have both stillwater and sportkilt kilts? whats the pros and cons? thanks for your insite,

Bill

[Robin]

Tartankilts.com (House of Edgar) has a wide range of Drummond of Perth tartans available...they make wonderful kilts.
Not cheap, but you get what you pay for...a wonderful kilt....highly recommended

House of Edgar

[Robin]

Oh...and welcome!

[cessna152towser]

Welcome to the forum, from Scotland.

[Robin]

The House of Edgar mediumweight (13oz) is perfect for warmer weather and they're much cheaper as the Balmoral kilts.

Sorry....this looks like spamming

[Jerry]

He probably won't have your tartan, But for a lightweight wear anywhere, check out Rocky's casual line at USA kilts. It is about the same as the Sportkilt with the extra's added, and the polyvis material holds up better than Sportkilts poly cotton blend. I like Sportkilt , and I wear one or the other of the two I own (without the extras) around the house every day, but when you get past the cheaper Sportkilt, to equal in price with USA Kilts, Rocky's is the better choice.

[billmcc]

Welcome to X-Marks.

I think you will find a Stillwater kilt too hot for your location. I highly recommend a Casual kilt from USA Kilts. It is the only kilt I wear during the summer here in Florida. USAK's workmanship and customer service are very good.

Go here:
http://www.usakilts.com/casual_kilts.php

[cavscout]

One SportKilt is all the average guy should need. The cost of upgrades just makes it unreasonable. If you want to look respectable in public in a SK you have to buy the upgrades and the material they use just does not warrant that price. I own a SK and it is a perfect pajama kilt.

USA Kilts is the ticket for what you have described. Quality is top notch and if you want to step up to the Semi-Traditional in order to achieve the traditional look without the heat and weight, Rocky can set you up also.

One other to look at is Neokilt. I don't own one and have only seen pics on the forum but reports are that the service is great.

Stillwater kilts are very nice and a great deal but they do not fit the desire you described above since they are medium weight acrylic or wool depending on the model. You should however keep them in mind when you want to diversify your wardrobe

[keepoffgrass]

Thanks guys!