First tank!

**smaughazard** · 5th June 06, 08:10 AM

After wearing casual kilts for nearly two years, the postman rang this morning with an insured package: my 8-yd., 13 oz. kilt in the Kincaid tartan. What a difference! The fit is great, the pleats swing very nicely, and the Lochcarron fabric is beautiful. There's no one here at the moment to operate the camera, but I'll try to post a picture later today.

Also in the package was my wife's sash, and matching flashes. Same cloth, and the flashes are nicely aligned to the red stripe. I had already purchased a new belt and sporran last winter, so the entire outfit replaces the old eBay stuff with items handmade for me. I'm really looking forward to the next kilted outing!

I do think I need to have it pressed to remove the minor wrinkling from packaging. Any advice on instructions for the cleaner?

I've added the pictures- see page two of this thread…

**ronstew** · 5th June 06, 08:12 AM

Got a pipe band in your area? Find out where they get their stuff cleaned.

Who's the tailor? Can't wait for the pictures.

**Cawdorian** · 5th June 06, 08:21 AM

Congrats Smaughazard,

Just hang the kilt up, the wrinkles will fall out on their own. You're gonna enjoy this kilt.

**davedove** · 5th June 06, 08:23 AM

Before you try the cleaners, try these steps first:

1. Just hang it up for a while. If the wrinkles aren't too bad, the weight of the hanging pleats will pull out any wrinkles.

2. If you can get a hand held steamer, run a little steam over the pleats to loosen the cloth, then tug gently but firmly at the bottom of the pleats to pull out the wrinkles.

You can always go to a cleaner if these don't work.