[sathor]

At the Heritage Festivalin Piqua Sat, Mike (of Dayton) and I were walking around the encampments when I saw a kilt with a blue so bright, it almost burned. A lovely shade, to be honest. No way could it be period either.

I asked the wearer about the tartan, and was told it was the "Outdoorsman" Tartan. Never heard of it, but what the heck, it looked decent enough.

Then it happened. I asked about the maker.

The response?

"Utilikilt"

I looked at Mike, and in agreement we both said it. "The Dayton Celtic Festival"

He didn't seem to like that we told him it wasn't a real Utilikilt, nor that it was made in Pakistan, instead of the Americas like a real Utilikilt. We also kinda told him it probably wasn't wool, and he probably shouldn't be so close to the cooking fires. He scoffed at the warning.

I posted after the Celtic fair that I thought the store selling various brands of kilts with only a sign saying "Utilikilts" was a bad practice. If he ever wants another one of those kilts, in a different size, or if he gets too close to the camp fire, he's screwed. I finally found a kilt of that tartan name, from the Frugal Corner. http://www.thefrugalcorner.com/outdoors.htm The blue is far brighter than that.

(Now I realize why the seller was fighting so hard to hid her source. She didn't import from Pakistan, she was reselling TFC's kilts as Utilikilts!) (But it did look better than I expected for being a FC kilt! Then again, it was probably the first or second wearing. I miss my SW looking that good.)

[george7]

That guy got taken. But it seems like he should have been the least bit suspicious of where the Utility was in that kilt and the fact the tartan wasn't a MacSomething.

[sathor]

Originally Posted by george7

That guy got taken. But it seems like he should have been the least bit suspicious of where the Utility was in that kilt and the fact the tartan wasn't a MacSomething.

Did I mention he was wearing it as a reenactor of the pre 1870's? (It's lax on the rules, really, but the Gordons were the first to switch to knife pleats, only a few kilts there were box pleats, but it's more about fun than anything.)

[timseh]

I wonder if he was actually told that it was a Utilikilt, or if he just assumed, since that was the only brand advertised? I know you're not crazy about that particular vendor, (who, by the way, was unceremoniously ejected from ebay due to poor feedback and customer complaints) but don't underestimate the stupidity of the average consumer.