Originally Posted by
seanachie
I think this is very good advice. I do not yet own a heavier weight kilt and am saving my nickels for the investment but at the same time doing a lot of reading and homework on the tartans, mills, kilt makers etc. Your comments are very much on the mark. Ron (Riverkilt) posted a pic somewhere (and I DO know it is not Irish but the principle applies) of 2 different IOS tartans and I was very surprised at the difference. Don't get me wrong, both very nice looking kilts just not the same.
Just to be relentlessly clear, I was not talking about different versions/setts of the same tartan, but completely different tartan designs with the same name.
for example; Here's a link that shows the two Co.Waterford tartans, House of Edgar on the left, Marton Mills Co.Crest line on the right,
http://www.irishtartanshop.com/mill/waterford.html
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