Are HoC Glenmore socks not meant for the full-time wearer?

[Mike S]

Matt Newsome is a major (if not THE) U.S. distributor for these, and I highly recommend him as the best source in the U.S. and Canada for the HoC hose and garters.

If you don't see what you want on his Amazon listings, contact him personally and he can readily supply you with what you want.

[fluter]

Postage from the US is a determining factor. Many things double in price when the postage is added. I just checked on Amazon.com, the only Harris wide in my size are white or black and do not ship to the UK.

See http://www.houseofcheviot.com/stockists
for someone closer to home!

[tundramanq]

I strongly suspect it was my washing machine that damaged my Glenmore socks.

Is your washer a good front loader? They are a lot gentler than top loaders and is the only way to go washing PV kilts.
My 15 year old Maytag front loader has saved me a lot on not having to replace clothing. Best thing that ever happened to me was my old top loader with it's hem fraying, seam ripping and button removing ways was dying and going to the scrap heap.

[Thekiltedmohawk]

Yes, it's a good front loader. After what happened to my socks. I fear for my P/V kilts, and start hand washing them instead as if it's a wool kilt.

[tundramanq]

Thinking, if your hose wearing in the same spots, I would check my shoes and feet at those sites for rough spots.
I used to get cracks in the callouses around my heels that would wear on the socks. I keep my callouses sanded down now.

[Thekiltedmohawk]

Aye. I filed down on my callouses as well as wearing socks liners before putting on hoses too. I just preferred to kill 2 stones with a bird.

[Pleater]

I wonder if the culprit could be the shoes?

I have hose which have lasted years, but the heels of my boots and shoes all fit tightly to the foot, with no plastic strip for edging - which my daughter tells me is not always the case with shoes in the US where the heel is usually made a lot straighter than here in the UK.

Anne the Pleater :ootd:

[Thekiltedmohawk]

While it's possible in many cases..I wore the same shoes for all of my 7 pairs of Glenmore. Only brick red hoses had holes.

[tundramanq]

I recall killing a pair of socks fishing from a sandy beach getting sand and water in my shoes..? Just a thought.
That red pair may have had something bad happen to them between the sheep and you that weakened the yarn.

[GrainReaper]

I recall killing a pair of socks fishing from a sandy beach getting sand and water in my shoes..? Just a thought.
That red pair may have had something bad happen to them between the sheep and you that weakened the yarn.

Maybe it's the dying process that shortens the life? Do natural/white hose live longer? I might buy a pair to test with my snow blowing boots, they are sure to get some right hard use this coming winter...