No trying to be a kilt snob or anything, but I have fallen into the 13 or (preferably) 16oz wool 8yd traditional kilt mode over the year and a half I have been doing this, and obviously with specific tartans with some meaning or particular appeal to me. I did recently, however, buy a 16oz wool casual 5-6yd as well as an 8yd PV (?16oz) with which I have been somewhat disappointed by comparison, although each suits the need for which it was purchased so I shouldn't be unhappy. Thorugh this latest set of buying experiences I have come to understand just exactly what kinds of compromises are made in going with less fabric, a casual cut, or non-wool fabric, and realise just exaclty why that does not suit my long term desires. So I am becoming a traditional 8yd hand or machine sewn kilt snob (okay, preferrer), and cannot wait for BArb T to get around to my 8yd handsewn Maple Leaf 16oz just to see the differences between it and my current machine sewns.

I do not squander money (unless, unlike anybody here, you believe that buying kilts itself is squandering money), as I buy what I consider to be good quality for the price paid (7 8yd machine sewn 13-160z kilts to date and paid well less than $300US for all but one, my first and in my specialty family tartan). I can only hope I get my money's worth out of the hand sewns in the future that I have gotten out of the machine sewns so far.