Heritage of Scotland Heavyweight PV Kilts

[billmcc]

I have been thinking about buying a causal kilt made of heavyweight polyviscose from Heritage of Scotland. I emailed them about the PV material and they stated the PV does not have a Telfon coating.

The 11 ounce PV used by USA Kilts does have a Telfon coating.

[Kilted Stuart]

I thought most makers that do PV kilts use a teflon coated material. I thought that was standard and one of the benifits of a PV kilt. Most kiltmakers draw there material from the same mills. There's alway's a chance they might buying from a local mill that does it different.
I know that the PV kilts made by Machummel at Canadian Casual kilts is teflon coated.

[Riverkilt]

I might be wrong here, but think the mills and tartans available are limited. Best selection I found was by googling "tartan bedspread"

Can't recall who, but there were a LOT of tartans made up as bedspreads out of PV. Guessing PV kiltmakers buy from the same mills.

Ron

[billmcc]

It seems that all pv is not created equally.

Heritage of Scotland states their heavyweight pv is a 16 ounce material. So, it is not the same as the 11 ounce material used by other kilt makers.

Before buying an inexpensive kilt, I highly recommend asking for specific information instead of assuming the kilt will have standard features.

[JerryMacP]

I wouldn't assume anything Heritage of Scotland (aka ScotlandShopDirect, Kiltsworld, JMKilts, etc) says is true. The reason the tartan is 'different' is quite likely that it's made in India, China, etc. and not Scotland. Most of the rubbish they sell are poor third world forgeries of authentic products. Even if you see an identical photo of a sporran or something that you've seen on another site, don't assume it's the same! View the real thing and their version side by side and you'll know at once. They're a family of Asian 'entrepreneurs' with no history in Highland Dress, employing cheap often foreign sales staff with little clue about the products, in a chain of awful tourist shops blaring out taped bagpipes on Scottish streets who fool the ignorant into buying their cheap copies. The issue was raised in the Scottish parliament last week with a probably ill-fated effort to make their imported fake 'Scottish' products illegal, as it's damaging the genuine trade so badly. Buy from them at your own risk!

[Iolaus]

I foolishly bought a low budget item from them recently, and got what I paid for - a low budget kilt. Is this the same thing you're thinking about? On mine the pleats are only about 1¼" deep, and the fabric is stiff. Someone said to try washing it, maybe with fabric softener, which I haven't done yet, but my first impression out of the box was "I'm not likely to wear this."

[Bob C.]

I just bought a kilt from them. I'm not wearing it to a tartan ball, but it's fine for what it is. Hardly "rubbish," as an earlier poster said.

There are pics here: http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/s...ad.php?t=14547

Beware those who say the sky is falling because your kilt cost less than a mortgage payment.

[Colin]

Heritage of Scotland has not had a lot of favourable reviews on this board.

I would think you would be better off going to Bear or USA Kilts. While their PV is only 11 oz (Am I wrong here guys?) if you get an 8 yard or semi-traditional kilt it will still be extremely warm. My 8 yard Bear kilt is nice and heavy and I have worn it in Vancouver's winters before (yes, we get at least a week of snow and cold each year!). A few pictures here http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/s...ad.php?t=13996

Besides there should be no duty on a Bear or USA kilt, and there tartan is from a UK weaving comapny (www.maltonmills.com )

www.bearkilts.com

www.usakilts.com

[RockyR]

The only mill that I KNOW of that puts a teflon coating on their PV is Marton Mills. It's 11 oz material and is the best quality PV I've seen. I have seen OTHER companies 11 oz PV material and it is very light and flimsy compared to the Teflon coated stuff... the coating gives the material a "stiffer hand".

Also, PLEASE do NOT think that just b/c it's not wool it's automatically PV. There are MANY other Poly blend materials out there that companies use that are not as nice (IMHO) as PV. Many companies use a Poly Acrylic or a Cotton Poly blend.

[michael steinrok]

You guys sure know your materials ;-)