Hi all! I'm new to the forums... haven't gotten around to making my introduction yet, but in the meantime, I'm wondering if any of you have ordered a kilt from Sandy St. James. I have to forfeit my band kilt (currently in university, so it has been difficult to keep up with the piping—I totally understand where the band manager is coming from), and, unfortunately, that is my only kilt. I'm looking for a high quality eight yard 16 oz kilt at an affordable price. Sandy seems to fit the bill.

Is he still around? Do any of you have photos of his kilts that I could take a look at before placing an order? I hear he's a bit tough to get in contact with and his kilts take a while to arrive, but at $360, you can't really beat the price. From what I've seen, the kilts are decent.

I'm looking at making a special request to get the Armstrong tartan. I don't have much Scottish heritage, so I just picked one I really liked. On that note, what do you folks think it would look like to have the Armstrong kilt pleated to the red stripe? I'm a bit torn. The kilt I'm giving up is Gordon pleated to the yellow (and I think it looks sharp), but I know Gordon is one of the more amenable tartans for "pleating to the stripe." Just looking for some other opinions.

Thanks!