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    Quote Originally Posted by Ted Crocker View Post
    If that's possible, then there's an option. I don't really know much about the construction of the standards, but I have read about the econimies being uncut at the fell, or made from a solid strech of fabric when un-seamed... I ain't touching mine...
    I was actually thinking more along the lines of getting a thrifty and trying it out on that first. That way, I'm only out $30, and not $80... if I screw it up.
    "Two things are infinite- the universe, and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe." Albert Einstein.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nighthawk View Post
    I was actually thinking more along the lines of getting a thrifty and trying it out on that first. That way, I'm only out $30, and not $80... if I screw it up.
    Actually 160, you're using 2 kilts...

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    hmm, darn. i'll go check out other grey on black tartans then.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Nick the DSM View Post
    hmm, darn. i'll go check out other grey on black tartans then.
    This sounds like a job for Kiltstore.net's tartan color search! I tried grey/black and black/grey. If you exclude other colors there's a tractable number of matches, but most of them are woven-to-order types. Perhaps a retailer stocks some of them.

    Off the shelf includes Black Isle (16 or 13 oz from Marton), or also some black-on-black weaves from Marton, House of Edgar which resemble SWK's shadow tartan. In poly-viscose, there is Marton's Grey Granite (I think it's called); but that may be lighter than what you're wanting. USAK uses it, but I don't know where to buy fabric (kiltstore.net? perhaps Celtic Croft could get it).
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    Quote Originally Posted by fluter View Post
    In poly-viscose, there is Marton's Grey Granite (I think it's called); but that may be lighter than what you're wanting. USAK uses it, but I don't know where to buy fabric (kiltstore.net? perhaps Celtic Croft could get it).
    Marton Mills, of course.

    I've read where others have bought the cloth directly. So, if you like that it's worth looking into?

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    black isle...i'll check that out
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