Value vs. Tradition

[Jock Scot]

Until I joined this website I had no idea that there was any other option than the hand made, expensive, and we are talking £'s not $'s! I wear my kilt for nearly every sensible event without giving it too much thought. I draw the line at changing the oil on a combine harvester though! Yes I do wear the kilt whilst out on the hill, on occasion and yes barbed wire, brambles and the kilt do not mix well, but what I am saying is that from wandering around the countryside to formal occasions my one kilt has done it all and has been expected to. Is it worth it? Yes it is, every penny. Now that I know about cheaper options would I go for those? No, I don't think I would, providing of course,that I have the choice of affording the best.

[slohairt]

Until I joined this website I had no idea that there was any other option than the hand made, expensive, and we are talking £'s not $'s! I wear my kilt for nearly every sensible event without giving it too much thought. I draw the line at changing the oil on a combine harvester though! Yes I do wear the kilt whilst out on the hill, on occasion and yes barbed wire, brambles and the kilt do not mix well, but what I am saying is that from wandering around the countryside to formal occasions my one kilt has done it all and has been expected to. Is it worth it? Yes it is, every penny. Now that I know about cheaper options would I go for those? No, I don't think I would, providing of course,that I have the choice of affording the best.

It depends what you mean by 'cheaper', Jock. Lower yardage kilts such as a box-pleated kilt are more affordable simply because they use less fabric and take less time (labour) to make. However, they are still made to the exacting hand-made standards of the more typical 8-9 yard knife-pleated kilt.

[Jock Scot]

It depends what you mean by 'cheaper', Jock. Lower yardage kilts such as a box-pleated kilt are more affordable simply because they use less fabric and take less time (labour) to make. However, they are still made to the exacting hand-made standards of the more typical 8-9 yard knife-pleated kilt.

You are of course correct, what I was trying to get accross was that most Scots, even to this day, are unaware of these cheaper options. They have no idea that a kilt can be made to a high standard, but using less cloth, for example. Would they go for this option ,if they knew about it? I am really not sure. I suspect that they have in their minds eye,as I have, the 8 yard, knife pleated, hand made, top of the range kilt as their goal and anything else won't do. That is why, I am sure, many Scots do not own a kilt because of the cost and frankly, ignorance of the choices that are available.