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26th July 08, 08:34 PM
#1
Review of ChattanCat kilt
Greetings,
It i time for me to post the long over-due review of my new ChattanCat (aka. Wallace Cattenach) made custom kilt.
Let me start with this. I am a very particular individual when it comes to things that I buy, especially if they are hand made. I have made a living for twenty years making fine custom blades of many varieties and sizes, precisely because I am very demanding of my own work. So, I expect a lot.
Wally's work on this kilt delivered everything I expected and then some. It is a fine bit of craft, and I do know. I have three kilts from Matt Newsome, and one from Barb Tewksbury, so I knew what to look for.
Sorry about the pictures, a photographer I am not. Note the excellent alignment on the pleating to make it to the sett ! And it hangs perfectly as well. There were abundant basting stitches when it arrived (sorry no pics of that).
one more
I have been wearing this kilt a lot the last three days and I could not be any happier with it. It fits me perfectly, and is a fine bit of craft as well.
Thanks Wally, for a great kilt ! 
Cool, it happens to be post 300 too ! 
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26th July 08, 09:10 PM
#2
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26th July 08, 09:33 PM
#3
Congrats Howard, it looks great.
Jimmy
Kentucky Deputy Commissioner - Clan MacNeil Association of America
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26th July 08, 09:39 PM
#4
Well hey,
You couldn't have picked a finer tartan either cousin.
Ron
Ol' Macdonald himself, a proud son of Skye and Cape Breton Island
Lifetime Member Scottish Tartans Authority, Owner Freelanders #4 & 5
PhotoBucket Album
"I'll have a kilt please, a nice hand sewn tartan, 16 ounce Strome. Oh, and a sporran on the side, with a strap please."
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27th July 08, 04:20 AM
#5
Congratulations on the new kilt, it looks wonderful, and as Ron said nice choice of tartan.
"If the Party could thrust its hand into the past and say this or that even, it never happened—that, surely, was more terrifying than mere torture and death."
- George Orwell, 1984, Book 1, Chapter 3
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27th July 08, 04:55 AM
#6
go mbeannaí Dia thú!
"This Irish fool's got a great big heart..."
-Dropkick Murphys "Barroom Hero"
God Save Ireland!
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27th July 08, 05:30 AM
#7
The tartan was actually a gift from a fine friend who started out as a sword customer. I don't really have any MacDonald connections, but He said he'd be glad to adopt me into the clan in honor of our friendship. That's enough for me to be proud to wear it. And it sort of "grew on me". At first it seemed terribly busy to my eye, and it is, a bit, compared to many others. But I like it !
Already scheming on the next ChattanCat kilt. If you want to get in line ahead of me, you'd better hurry. I'm already negotiating on more metal work for his accessory kit. I just have to sell him on something BIG, so he owes me kilts for a loooong time 
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27th July 08, 09:58 AM
#8
Gillmore of Clan Morrison
"Long Live the Long Shirts!"- Ryan Ross
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27th July 08, 10:10 AM
#9
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27th July 08, 10:15 AM
#10
A great looking kilt from one of our own - thanks for posting the photos!
Phil in Idaho
"Walk Tall, Walk Straight, and Look the World Right in the Eye."
That Great Celtic Philosopher Val Doonican
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