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[Colin]

I tried on a handmade kilt at the shop in Salt Lake and the scot blood got the better of me

I think we should remember that the Scots are frugal people not cheap people. Frugal meaning buy one quality product that will last a life time and never need replacing. We, in North America, have been walmart-ized into the thought process of buy more of the cheaper version and just replace it with a new one in a year or two when the old one wears out. Quality over quanity is frugal not cheap.

I wish I had stopped at one or two casual kilts and than saved up for a traditional.