WTB: Liverpool Scottish kilt (Forbes tartan, military pattern)

[The Wizard of BC]

And because you mention Thomas Gordon and Sons here is a label from a kilt made by them dated Mar 1952.
This kilt is made from fabric very similar to that found today. 16oz.



The internal stitching used cotton thread that had simply rotted over time. This caused the kilt to fall apart because the internal elements were not of the quality and level of manufacture we see today.

Here is what the kilt looked like when it came to me.



Please notice that the buckles had been replaced and the black band on the top of the kilt had been oversewn with a light green twill tape to simulate the dark green banding used after WWII.

In general, the fabric itself was in pretty good condition. The top banding and all the internal elements had rotted.