if money is tight, you can always get kilted thru Stillwater or Amerikilt for a good price. you can also shop pre-owned on ebay and such.

but if you are after a particular tartan, then there may not be any other way. i really really really want to own a kilt in one of the Boyd tartans, and the only way so far is to spend several hundred bucks on a tank.


in my opinion you build up a kollection by a variety of solid neo-modern kilts (UK's, AK's, RK's and such) in a variety of colors and patterns. as for tartans go with stuff that means something to you. start with your last name, find its tartan if available, find the connecting clan if available, then pick other last names from your family tree, heck go with last names of other loved ones (doesn't has to be blood related). tartans can represent schools (North Carolina State University has a tartan), cities can have tartans,... states, countries, etc. military, clergy, etc. and you can repeat yourself but choosing different weavers. no two weavers will use the exact same dyes.

i wonder... if money were no object, what all would i get?....
(I have a Gunn Modern tank now.)...
Gunn Ancient
Gunn (the 3 colored version)
Gunn Muted
Gunn Weathered
Boyd Ancient (Boyd to honor my late and very dear grandmother)
Boyd Modern
Wilson Modern (it's my last name)
Wilson Ancient
Wilson Muted
Scottish National
American Tartan
Carolina Tartan (it's where i'm from)
North Carolina Tartan (it's where i'm from more specific)


so that is 14 just off the top of my head. (uhmm... i need to start staving up).