New tank arrived, another "A" for STM

[AKScott]

My tank arrived Friday, but I wasn't home to sign for it. Got it today, well inside the 8-12 week window posted on the STM website.

Quality appears to be A+ all around, I am not expert on these things. My fiance likes it, that's important. It is much nicer than my (much less expensive) off the peg knife pleated 5 yarder.

I get the difference between working directly with a kilt maker versus hiring someone to be a middleman between me and the actual kiltmaker. I understood that going in, I support the mission of the STM enough to deal with it. And I figure if anyone from the States has to call Scotland, Matt would be the guy to have make that call.

I am honestly itching to order a bias cut waistcoat while Loch Carron is still cutting from the same roll of cloth; but I would probably only wear it twice lifetime.

Also trotting out my new "Ancient blue" Lewis/ House of Cheviot hose in these pics. I struggle pairing green hose with a green kilt; some of the rabble carry it off beautifully, I don't appear confident pictured that way.

The yellow flashes co-ordinate well with the bridesmaid's dresses, I think I'll get some mileage out of them after the wedding too.

Satisfied customer, I guess I'll have to order another kilt in my clan red so my green hose don't go to waste.

[tripleblessed]

Looks grand, and would also be just as nice with the other hose.

[Spartan Tartan]

Looks great! Feel free to wear ANY color hose you want with that tartan as well: Red, Yellow, Blue, Green, Black (gasp), etc...

[M. A. C. Newsome]

Looks great, Scott! That's a great tartan which many colors of hose would look good with. You've got lots of options there.

[CMcG]

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I am honestly itching to order a bias cut waistcoat while Loch Carron is still cutting from the same roll of cloth; but I would probably only wear it twice lifetime.

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Satisfied customer, I guess I'll have to order another kilt in my clan red so my green hose don't go to waste.

And so it goes; of course you'll need to order another kilt in order to go with your other hose

As for the tartan waistcoat, I'd say go for it. I bought a kilt off eBay that came with a matching vest (both in MacQuarrie modern) and at first I was a little leery of wearing that much tartan. Now that I have them, I really like it and wore them for tartan day with a tweed jacket. You might get more use out of a tartan vest than you think...