The OUTRAGEOUS Price of kilts!

[Panache]

Folks consider this a warning shot.

I have found this thread to be really interesting and it makes me appreciate my handsewn kilts all the more. Kudos to all of X Marks the Scot's skilled Kiltmakers.

But understanding how a quality handmade kilt is sewn and appreciating the costs involved in terms of materials and labor does not neccesarily mean we need to bash kilts that are manufactured elsewhere. Such as:

ai have said several times oan this board-

ya get whit ya pay fur!

ai have nay interest in supportin' oiny kind o' thirdworld sweatshop that makes a cheepo kilt...

And I have said several times on this board that many a kilt wearer would never have ordered his first handmade "tank" had it not been for the reasonably priced alternatives available to see if they liked wearing one.

Is anything manufactured in a factory going to hold up in a comparison to a handsewn kilt? Of course not.

But if the only option was a $500 to 600 kilt and another $500-600 in accessories then there would be a lot less people on this forum.

Consider that perhaps a lot of people here just can't afford that kind of money. Maybe someday, but not for a while. Do you wish to deny them the experience of wearing Highland Garb? Should kilts be only for the wealthy?

There is a place on X Marks the Scot for all kinds of kilts and kilt wearers.

Let's be respectful to all.

Cheers

Jamie

[CameronTaylor]

I read it as an opinion, not a bash ...


CT -

but what do i know.

[Archangel]

I read it as an opinion, not a bash ...


CT -

I saw it as a slam, the second one on this thread. Everybody has a right to bread and butter no matter where they live.

Moderator was good to caution before the third one.

[Barb T]

Jamie

Well said. There absolutely is a place for less expensive kilts. People choose to buy inexpensive kilts for all kinds of reasons ranging from limited finances to the desire to have a kilt they wouldn't mind getting dirt or mustard on. I think mainly that most of us (both kiltmakers and non-kiltmakers) just care that an item is sold as what it is and not passed off as something it isn't. An inexpensive kilt that has a cleverly-worded label designed to make the buyer think it is a traditional kilt hand sewn in Scotland when it really isn't is maddening. The latter situation _is_ a case of "you get what you pay for..." and contributes to people thinking that kiltmakers must be overcharging for a real trad kilt.

Cheers,

Barb

[Pour1Malt]

Folks consider this a warning shot.

I have found this thread to be really interesting and it makes me appreciate my handsewn kilts all the more. Kudos to all of X Marks the Scot's skilled Kiltmakers.

But understanding how a quality handmade kilt is sewn and appreciating the costs involved in terms of materials and labor does not neccesarily mean we need to bash kilts that are manufactured elsewhere. Such as:

ai have said several times oan this board-

ya get whit ya pay fur!

ai have nay interest in supportin' oiny kind o' thirdworld sweatshop that makes a cheepo kilt...

ai happily pay the REAL price o' a kilt tae my local Scottish kiltmaker...

And I have said several times on this board that many a kilt wearer would never have ordered his first handmade "tank" had it not been for the reasonably priced alternatives available to see if they liked wearing one.

Is anything manufactured in a factory going to hold up in a comparison to a handsewn kilt? Of course not.

But if the only option was a $500 to 600 kilt and another $500-600 in accessories then there would be a lot less people on this forum.

Consider that perhaps a lot of people here just can't afford that kind of money. Maybe someday, but not for a while. Do you wish to deny them the experience of wearing Highland Garb? Should kilts be only for the wealthy?

There is a place on X Marks the Scot for all kinds of kilts and kilt wearers.

Let's be respectful to all.

Cheers

Jamie

dae ya REALLY think ai have tae bae respectful tae sweatshops?

ai willnae...

ai stand by whit ai said- ya get whit ya pay fur...

this threid started as a way tae explain why kilts cost whit they dae...

and ai am agreein' wi' Alan H.... kiltmakers charge a fair an reasonable price....

ai will NAY support sweatshops... an' ai'm shocked ya wuid ask me tae, Jamie...