A recurring theme on the board seems to be "I ordered a hand sewn kilt from .... and Its been months and months and they don't respond and can't seem to find out when it will be finished"

There must be hundreds of businesses that claim to be able to have a hand sewn kilt made up. But they're in fact middlemen, farming the work on to some unknown kiltmaker.

There are so many craftsmen willing to deal direct, Kathy Lare, Matt, Barb, Greggory, and more I can't remember. These craftsmen obtain the cloth the same way the hidden folks behind the middlemen do...they sew the same - often even better than the secret kiltmakers. There has to be extra cost to include this third party middleman in the process.

I like dealing directly with the kiltmaker when ordering a traditional hand sewn kilt.

Do others order through middlemen because they haven't learned the options yet?

My unsolicited suggestion is that if you're gonna spend the money on a handsewn traditional kilt spend it with the person who's gonna do the sewing for you.

Ron