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    I just checked out the prices in Australia on levi's. They seem to average around $120-130 AUD so that puts it at about half the cost of a USAK semi traditional.

    A kilt will last much longer and to me is 10 times the value, so I agree with you, good value for money.

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    I wear Levi's and Carhart jeans all the time and I can guarantee you that Idon't pay that sort of money for them! A pair of Levis from Mervy's will run me about $28. Now, how many poor workers were absued to create that pair of pants, and how many gallons of acid indigo blue dye got dumped into the local river I can't say. But I ain't spending $150 for no pair of blue jeans. On top of that, I think anyone who would has to get their head examined.

    Noe, that's just my personal opinion,hey? If anyone buys $150 bluejeans as a regular thing, then hey... I'm OK with that. I'm just glad it's THEIR $150, and not mine.

    But I'd spend $150 on a kilt!!!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Alan H
    ... But I'd spend $150 on a kilt!!!!
    Hear, hear Alan, and can somebody figure out how I can pay for it with their money! Need to look into translating somebody's on-line jeans order into a new SW or AK for me!

    RJI
    The kilt concealed a blaster strapped to his thigh. Lazarus Long

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    You're right Alan, the article was about "premium" jeans...maybe better called "show off" jeans.

    The last time I bought Carhart it was a Caramel Workman's Utilikilt.
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    Kilt - Great Value

    I agree a kilt is fantastic value but let remember that you simply cannot buy a decent kilt for less than $300 ($540). Such a kilt will last a lifetime and thus be excellent value. Buy anyting cheaper and it is either a 'pretend' kilt or a cheap imitation and it won't last and certainly won't hang right or look good. Utilikilts and sports kilts and such like have their place in that they get men into the concept of wearing a kind of kilt so that is a step in the right direction - bit like a kindergarden activity. There is simply no substitute however for a trasditional kilt of good quality.

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    Quote Originally Posted by kiltedpride
    I agree a kilt is fantastic value but let remember that you simply cannot buy a decent kilt for less than $300 ($540). Such a kilt will last a lifetime and thus be excellent value. Buy anyting cheaper and it is either a 'pretend' kilt or a cheap imitation and it won't last and certainly won't hang right or look good. Utilikilts and sports kilts and such like have their place in that they get men into the concept of wearing a kind of kilt so that is a step in the right direction - bit like a kindergarden activity. There is simply no substitute however for a trasditional kilt of good quality.
    I disagree, although it must depend on how you define "decent" kilts. I certainly regard the USAK 8 yard PV kilts as decent, among others, and definately not "pretend" "cheap imitations or a "kindergarden" kilt.

    If you are suggesting that a kilt has to be 16 oz worsted wool, hand sewn to be a "decent" kilt, then you may get an argument here.

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    Those numbers are for the select few that have to have the latest & greatest trendy stuff as soon as it appears. And have the money to buy them.
    I bought two pair of $150 slacks last week, sorry didn't mean to just drop the s word without warning. But, for $13 apiece, that's correct $13. Just wait for the next best thing to hit the rack at $150 & go through the over buys.
    Now if I could find kilts like that I would be one happy man.
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    Quote Originally Posted by kiltedpride
    I agree a kilt is fantastic value but let remember that you simply cannot buy a decent kilt for less than $300 ($540). Such a kilt will last a lifetime and thus be excellent value. Buy anyting cheaper and it is either a 'pretend' kilt or a cheap imitation and it won't last and certainly won't hang right or look good.
    So apparently my Thomas Gordan Tank that I only paid $325 for (Much less than $540) is a cheap imitation kilt. If TG isn't a real kilt, someone please tell me what I am missing.

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    Aye Jamie,

    You are certainly right. If it were not for my seeing my first Utilikilt at a Ren Faire I'd still be on the outside looking in and Kathy Lare would have sold three less hand sewn traditional kilts.

    But when I'm out on the river or in the high desert canyonlands around here - in the sand that erodes rocks - I wear my contemporary kilts, built for such wear and tear.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Riverkilt
    Aye Jamie,

    You are certainly right. If it were not for my seeing my first Utilikilt at a Ren Faire I'd still be on the outside looking in and Kathy Lare would have sold three less hand sewn traditional kilts.

    But when I'm out on the river or in the high desert canyonlands around here - in the sand that erodes rocks - I wear my contemporary kilts, built for such wear and tear.

    Ron
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