Wolf:

First off, welcome aboard!

I could launch into a long story about how I started off with poly-cotton kilts and am now a true believer in the glories of sixteen ounce wool, but I don't need to.

If your choice is between 10 ounce and 16 ounce--GO WITH THE SIXTEEN. A number of our highly respected kiltmakers think that the ten ounce wool is simply too light to make up into a good kilt. I am nearly certain that Matt Newsome, and Barbara Tewksbury, both think so. For me, that's enough right there.

If the choice was between thirteen and sixteen, I'd still vote sixteen. I have only one sixteen ounce wool kilt, but honestly now I cannot imagine ordering anything else. The difference in weight on your body isn't much, and sixteen trumps lighter weights for good swing, good balance and good "automatic reset."